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Ah, the constant of proportionality, fancy lingo for the number that relates two directly proportional quantities. It's like the glue holding those two variables together in a nice linear relationship. So, basically, it's the magic number that keeps things in balance, like a referee making sure everyone plays fair in the world of math.

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It's the number you have to multiply measurement in one unit by in order to get measurement in another unit. If you are trying to convert a measurement in kilometres to meters the constant of proportionality is 1000. If you are trying to convert miles to kilometres the constant of proportionality is 1.6. Converting pints to gallons? The constant of proportionality is 8.

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