How can you make a ratio from Attemps and baskets made 16 and 12

Nine more than four times a number is the same as one less than twice the number. find the number?

How can you tell when x and y are not directly proportional?

Here is my question! jayne is studying urban planning and finds that her town is decreasing in population by 3% each year. the population of her town is changing by a constant rate.true or false?