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Without even knowing it, you divide three by two and know the tomato can will cost $1.50. What you just did is find the constant of proportionality for the cost of a tomato can. The constant of proportionality is the ratio between two directly proportional quantities. In our tomato example, that ratio is $3.00/2, which equals $1.50. Two quantities are directly proportional when they increase and decrease at the same rate. When you buy more or less, the total price of the tomato cans in this example.
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