Proportional reasoning involves identifying how variables are changing with respect to each other. This is like asking, "If I turn this knob (change this variable), how will the machine (output of equation) respond? or how can I turn the rest of the knobs to compensate and retain the same answer?" This skill is useful for identifying causality in everyday life.
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Students will be able to…
- Identify which quantities are changing and which are static, including numeric coefficients.
- Perform proportional reasoning on single variables raised to the first power.
- Perform proportional reasoning on single variables raised to a power other than one.
- Perform proportional reasoning on relationships involving more than one variable changing.
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