Stage 21 · Linear Functions

21.1.3 What a Direct-Proportion Function Is, and What k Means

21.1 From Coordinates to Direct Proportion: The Plainest Kind of Change

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21.1.3 What a Direct-Proportion Function Is, and What k Means

Core idea

Think of the k (k≠0) in y=kx as the fixed stride — how much y climbs every time x goes up by 1.

Module goal. Building on the coordinate plane and the idea of a function, meet the simplest family of functions — direct-proportion functions — and lock in the core picture: a graph that's a straight line through the origin.
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