Question

Consider each of the following relationships. Which school shows the greatest rate of change between male and female students? ​In school A, the ratio of male students to female students is 5:2. In school B, the relationship between the number of male students, y, and the number of female students, x, is given by the equation y = 2 x . In school C, the number of male and female students are as shown in the table.

Female students ​
Male students 120 200

Answer 1

School A has the greatest amount if rate of change

Explanation:

Answer 2

School A

Explanation:

For School A:

ratio of male to female is 5:2, which means if there are 50 male students, there are 20 female students, so we can say

male students are 2.5 times female students

For School B:

y = 2x where y is male and x is female

we can say that male students is 2 times female students

For School C:

not sure male is 120 or female is 120, nonetheless, it will be less than TWICE, so we can see the greatest rate of change is in the 1st school, School A