Luke started a weight-loss program. The first week, he lost x pounds. The second week, he lost pounds less than times the pounds he lost the first week. The third week, he lost 1 pound more than of the pounds he lost the first week. Liam started a weight-loss program when Luke did. The first week, he lost 1 pound less than times the pounds Luke lost the first week. The second week, he lost 4 pounds less than times the pounds Luke lost the first week. The third week, he lost pound more than times the pounds Luke lost the first week. Assuming they both lost the same number of pounds over the three weeks, complete the following sentences.

unless you made a typo, the answers are both a and c.

step-by-step explanation:

1.5/3 is .5 whereas 3/9 is .3333333 not proportional

22/33 is .66666 and 4/6 is also .66666 proportional

2/4 is .5 whereas 142/213 is .66666 not proportional

14/7 is 2 and 7/3.5 is also 2 proportional

you could've also checked it by doing this simple division:

if the larger fraction divides with the smaller fraction to equal 1, it is proportional. so let me show you what i mean:

when i divide 22/33 by 4/6 i get 1, so we know it is proportional, and it is the same with 14/7 and 7/3.5. now if i divide 3/9 by 1.5/3 i get .66666 so therefore we know it is not proportional.

there are many ways to do this so i wanted to show you some possible ways.