Find proportions when there are 2 variables

  • Thread starter Thread starter P-Illiterate
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Variables
Join the discussion
Registration is free. Ask a follow-up in this thread, or start your own.
2 replies · 2K views
P-Illiterate
Messages
28
Reaction score
0
a is proportional to square root of (b *t2)
a is proportional to 1/c3

a is 5, when b = 9, t = 2, c = 3

Find a' when b'=25, t'=2, c'=5

My attempt:
jhycs4.jpg


= (25 root 5/12 root 3) 5

I think my steps are wrong, can someone help me!?
 
Physics news on Phys.org
I think you are getting confused by the a / a' notation.

P-Illiterate said:
a is proportional to square root of (b *t2)
a is proportional to 1/c3
Let's start with this part. This means, that a contains both those factors, so you can write it as
[tex]a(b, t, c) = \frac{\sqrt{b t^2}}{c^3} \cdot k[/tex]
The k here is some constant number (the proportionality factor). Note that I have written the left hand side as if it were a function of b, t and c.

Now, you know that a(b = 9, t = 2, c = 3) equals 5, you can use that to calculate the proportionality constant k.
 
Thank you so much for the help :)