If the "hours worked" and the "Money earned" are proportional, this means that both variables increase and decrease at the same rate. You could say that the more hours you work, the more money you make, and vice-versa.
The constant of proportionality indicates the rate of change of one of the variables with respect to the other.
Let "y" represent the money earned and "x" represent the hours worked, you can express the proportional relationship between both variables as follows:
[tex]y=kx[/tex]
Where "k" represents the constant of proportionality and can be calculated by dividing the value of y by the value of x:
[tex]k=\frac{y}{x}[/tex]
To determine the said value you have to choose any ordered pair of the table and do as follows:
Using the pair
Hours worked x=3
Money earned y=$45.75
[tex]\begin{gathered} k=\frac{y}{x} \\ k=\frac{45.75}{3} \\ k=15.25 \end{gathered}[/tex]
The constant of proportionality is $15.25 per hour.
