Question

The Busy Bee store bottles fresh jars of honey at a constant rate. In 3 hours, it bottles 36 jars, and in 7 hours, it bottles 84 jars of honey.

Determine the constant of proportionality.

36
12
4
0.08

Answer 1

To determine the constant of proportionality, we need to find the ratio of the number of jars of honey bottled to the number of hours.

In 3 hours, the store bottles 36 jars, so the ratio is 36/3 = 12 jars/hour.

Similarly, in 7 hours, the store bottles 84 jars, so the ratio is 84/7 = 12 jars/hour.

Therefore, the constant of proportionality is 12.