Proportional to?
Hi, everyone.
Could you tell me what this sentence means?
Rate of burning calories is not proportional to the rate of consuming them.
Thanks!
Top answer
It means that there are more calories being consumed than there are being burned, or it means there are fewer calories being consumed than there are being burned. They are not in balance.
- It means that there are more calories being consumed than there are being burned, or it means there are fewer calories being consumed than there are being burned.
- They are not in balance.
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It means that there are more calories being consumed than there are being burned, or it means there are fewer calories being consumed than there are being burned. They are not in balance.
0Hello cat apple,
The meaning of "proportional", which is an adjective, is "increasing or decreasing in size, amount, or degree according to changes in something else"
According to this definition, yout sentence can be interpreted as follows:
"The rate of burning calories doesn't increase or decrease according to the rate of consuming them."
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