A children's cough medicine requires 5mL of medicine for children 2 to 5 years old, and 7.5 mL of medicine for children between 5 and 12 years of age. Is this situation non-proportional or proportional?

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mindblast3r · Answer

proportional as in like are they equal?

rational · Answer

check if below are true :
$$\dfrac{2~years}{5~mL} = \dfrac{3 ~years}{5~mL} = \dfrac{6~years}{7.5~mL}$$

rational · Answer

If all the ratios above are same, then the  medicine is proportional to age.
otherwise its not proportional

mindblast3r · Answer

ohh, i get it now thank you very much :)

rational · Answer

yw