Does this graph represent a proportional relationship? Explain.
On a coordinate plane, a curved line has 2 curves.
To determine if a graph represents a proportional relationship, we need to look for a straight line passing through the origin (0, 0). In a proportional relationship, as one variable increases or decreases, the other variable changes in direct proportion.
However, in the given scenario, you mentioned that the graph has a curved line with two curves. This suggests that the relationship between the variables is not linear and, therefore, not proportional. Curved lines generally indicate a nonlinear relationship, where the change in one variable is not directly proportional to the change in the other variable.