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📚 Glossary Term

Proportional Relationship

📖
Definition A relationship in which one quantity is always a constant multiple of another.

🧒 In Simple Words

A proportional relationship keeps the same multiplier or unit rate every time.

📌 Example

If every notebook costs 3 dollars, then cost and number of notebooks form a proportional relationship.

âœī¸ Use It in a Sentence

"The table showed a proportional relationship because the ratio stayed constant."

🔗 Related Terms

Constant of ProportionalityProportionUnit Rate