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Andre is setting up rectangular tables for a party. He can fit 6 chairs around a single table. Andre lines up 10 tables end-to-end and tries to fit 60 chairs around them, but he is surprised when he cannot fit them all.

Instructions

Andre is setting up rectangular tables for a party. He can fit 6 chairs around a single table. Andre lines up 10 tables end-to-end and tries to fit 60 chairs around them, but he is surprised when he cannot fit them all.

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Write an equation for the relationship between the number of chairs, c, and the number of tables, t, when
the tables are apart from each other.

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Is this relationship proportional?

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Write an equation for the relationship between the number of chairs, c, and the number of tables, t, when the tables are placed end-to-end.

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Is this relationship proportional?