At a certain middle school, there are 26 students per teacher in every homeroom. Is the total number of students proportional to the number of teachers?
1 Answer
Nov 5, 2016
It is, and it isn't.
Explanation:
Saying it is, would mean that for every teacher, 26 students would be present, or in formula:
But: the number of teachers (or students) is not a continuous variable. You can't have half a teacher to accommodate 13 students.
For real proportionality you need continous quantities.
