You are baking a cake. For every three cups of flour, you need to add two eggs. Write an equation for the relationship between the number of eggs, y , and the amount of flour, x . Distinguish whether this is a proportional or nonproportional situation.(1 point)

Responses

y=32x, proportional
y equals Start Fraction 3 over 2 End Fraction x , proportional

y=23x, proportional
y equals Start Fraction 2 over 3 End Fraction x , proportional

y=3x+2, nonproportional
y equals 3 x plus 2 , nonproportional

y=2x+3, nonproportional

1 answer

To derive the equation for the relationship between the number of eggs, \( y \), and the amount of flour, \( x \), we note that for every 3 cups of flour, you need to add 2 eggs.

This can be expressed as:

\[ \frac{y}{x} = \frac{2 \text{ eggs}}{3 \text{ cups of flour}} \]

To express it in the form of an equation, we can rearrange this as:

\[ y = \frac{2}{3}x \]

This equation indicates that the number of eggs \( y \) is directly proportional to the amount of flour \( x \) (as the ratio of \( y \) to \( x \) remains constant).

Thus, the correct response is:

y = Start Fraction 2 over 3 End Fraction x, proportional.