a horse ran 800 meters in 40 seconds, 1200 meters in 60 seconds, and 480 meters in 24 seconds. is this a proportionality relationship? if so, what is the constant of proportionality? what does it represent? write an equation to represent the distance d, in meters, that the horse runs in t seconds.

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Paityn

17 September, 17:07

a horse ran 800 meters in 40 seconds, 1200 meters in 60 seconds, and 480 meters in 24 seconds. is this a proportionality relationship? if so, what is the constant of proportionality? what does it represent? write an equation to represent the distance d, in meters, that the horse runs in t seconds.

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Marquise Hunter · Answer 1

not a proportionality relationship because the first and second times the horse ran was because from first to second run it went from 800 meters to 1200 meters which is a 400 meter difference but second to third run its a 720 meter difference