If a 150-pound teenager eats 5.5 pounds of food per day, is that proportional to a 250-pound panda eating 40 pounds of bamboo a day? Explain your answer.

No It's not proportional as the constant of proportionality for both of them.are different.

Step-by-step explanation:

For the first part of the question, a 150-pound teenager eats 5.5 pounds of food per day, we've to calculate the constant of proportionality. This will be:

y = kx

150 = 5.5k

k = 27.27

For the second part of the question, a 250-pound panda eats 40 pounds of bamboo a day. we've to calculate the constant of proportionality. This will be:

y = kx

250 = 40k

k = 250/40

k = 6.25

This shows that the 150-pound teenager eats 5.5 pounds of food per day, is not proportional to a 250-pound panda eating 40 pounds of bamboo a day because th e value of k are different.

step-by-step explanation:

you can add the two numbers and divide the result by 2. or you can find the gap between the two numbers and add half of this to the smaller number.