What is the constant of proportionality? Write your answer as a whole number or decimal. (k = __) There's a huge sale at the grocery store, so Austen stocks up on his favorite breakfast cereal, Frosted Crunchy Bunches. As he puts the cereal boxes on a shelf in his pantry, he wonders if he has enough shelf space. There is a proportional relationship between the number of cereal boxes Austen stores on his pantry shelf, x, and the amount of shelf space (in inches) the boxes take up, y.

x (boxes)
2
3
4
6
y (inches)
6
9
12
18

Ascientist studied a population of workers to determine whether verbal praise and/or tangible rewards affect employee productivity. in the study, some workers were offered verbal praise, some were offered tangible rewards (gift cards, presents, and some were offered neither. the productivity of each participant was measured throughout the study by recording the number of daily tasks completed by each employee. which inference might the scientists make based on the given information? a.) the number of daily tasks completed by each employee may influence the dependent variable, which is whether the employee receives verbal praise, tangible rewards, or neither. b.) verbal praise and/or tangible rewards may influence the independent variable, which is the number of daily tasks completed by each employee. c.) verbal praise and/or tangible rewards may influence the dependent variable, which is the number of daily tasks completed by each employee. d.) the dependent variables, which are verbal praise and tangible rewards, may influence the number of daily tasks completed by each employee.