Constants of proportion
Exercise and reference answers
- Questions
- Question
- In direct proportion, what stays constant?
- Choices
- the ratio
- the product
- the difference
- Correct choice
- the ratio
- Question
- In inverse proportion, what stays constant?
- Choices
- the ratio
- the product
- the sum
- Correct choice
- the product
- Question
- The constant is usually written
- Choices
- n
- p
- k
- Correct choice
- k
Explanation
The constant is what stays fixed while the pair varies. Source: syllabus Maths, Ch 11 Direct and Inverse Proportions.