Yes, I think they're trying to get at whether you can multiply one number by an

Nov 5, 2019
4:32:38pm

garyfan All-American

integer to arrive at the other number, without any additional steps in between. I could be wrong.

I'm torn on the last one. If we are working in a world of only integers, I think the answer to the last one would be Yes.

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Can someone help me with math homework? I just don't know the definition of

crack

11/5/19 4:26pm

No, No, Yes, Yes, Yes, No

garyfan

11/5/19 4:28pm

Is it because of the +1 or -1 at the end of the equations in the first two?

crack

11/5/19 4:29pm

Yes, I think they're trying to get at whether you can multiply one number by an

garyfan

11/5/19 4:32pm

The last one is inversely proportional; as x gets bigger, y gets smaller

ThetaSigma

11/5/19 4:37pm

Yeah it sounds like I assumed these terms mean something they don't.

garyfan

11/5/19 4:39pm

Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, No

Phasor

11/5/19 4:29pm

Misread E; it is also directly proportional (updated above)

Phasor

11/5/19 4:34pm

Yes on all but the last one. The last one is inversely proportional.

StrongBad

11/5/19 4:31pm

No, the + and - 1 does matter.

ThetaSigma

11/5/19 4:40pm

Source:

ThetaSigma

11/5/19 4:41pm

Your link doesn't directly address offsets.

StrongBad

11/5/19 4:48pm

Alternate Link:

Phasor

11/5/19 4:58pm

This is wrong. Directly proportional means that y/x is constant.

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