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Which situation could NOT represent a proportional relationship?

Which situation could NOT represent a proportional relationship?
A. The weight of the soccer team's cooler is given by w = 0.5s + 5, where w is the weight of the cooler and s is the number of sports drinks in the cooler.
B. The cost for tutoring is given by c = 20h, where c is the cost in dollars and h is the number of hours of tutoring.
C. The value of US dollars to Mexican pesos is given by d = 18.73p, where d is the number of dollars and p is the number of pesos.
D. The value of feet to inches is given by i = 12f, where i is the number of inches and f is the number of feet.

Answer

A. This situation could NOT represent a proportional relationship because it includes a constant term (+5), which means the relationship is not directly proportional.

B. This situation represents a proportional relationship because it is a direct multiplication without any additional constant.

C. This situation represents a proportional relationship because it is a direct multiplication without any additional constant.

D. This situation represents a proportional relationship because it is a direct multiplication without any additional constant.

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