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Which situation could NOT represent a proportional relationship?

Which situation could NOT represent a proportional relationship?
A The amount an employee earns who makes $13.50 per hour in h hours.
B The cost of purchasing p pounds of bananas for $0.39 per pound.
C The number of gallons of oil in b barrels with 48 gallons of oil in each barrel.
D The weight in w weeks of a puppy that gains 1.5 pounds per week if its starting weight is 6 pounds.

Answer

D. The puppy’s weight is 6 + 1.5w pounds. A proportional relationship has the form y = kx and passes through the origin, but the puppy starts at 6 pounds. The other situations have no initial amount and are proportional.

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