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    Proportion Notes

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    Proportion

    Proportion
    If a "is proportional" to b (which is the same as 'a is in direct proportion with b') then as b
    increases, a increases. In fact, there is a constant number k with a = kb. We write a b if a is
    proportional to b.
    The value of k will be the same for all values of a and b and so it can be found b substitutin!
    in values for a and b.
    Example
    If a b, and b = "# when a = $, find an e%uation connectin! a and b.
    a = kb (")
    &ubstitute the values of $ and "# into the e%uation to find k'
    $ = "#k
    so k = "()
    substitute this into (")
    a = *b
    In this e+ample we mi!ht then be asked to find the value of a when b = ). ,ow that we have a
    formula connectin! a and b (a = * b) we can subsitute b=) to !et a = ".
    &imilarl, if m is proportional to n), then m = kn) for some constant number k.
    If + and are in direct proportion then the !raph of a!ainst + will be a strai!ht line.

    Inverse Proportion (HIGHER TIER)
    If a and b are inversel proportionall to one another,
    a "(b
    therefore a = k(b
    In these e+amples, k is known as the constant of variation.
    Example
    If b is inversel proportional to the s%uare of a, and when a = -, b = ", find the constant of
    variation.
    b = k(a) when a = -,
    b = "
    therefore " = k(-)
    therefore k = .
    / &ee more at' http'((www.mathsrevision.net(!cse/maths/
    revision(number(proportion0sthash.1"dt2#ka.dpuf

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