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minus-squaresping@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·29 days ago should be proportional to the weight of the system It’s that really true? Wear to the roads is proportional to the fourth power of axle weight so I would never have predicted a linear relationship.
minus-squareaim_at_me@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·28 days agoExponential relationships are still proportional.
minus-squaresping@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·28 days agoNo they are not. That’s not what it means. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportionality_(mathematics)
It’s that really true? Wear to the roads is proportional to the fourth power of axle weight so I would never have predicted a linear relationship.
Exponential relationships are still proportional.
No they are not. That’s not what it means.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportionality_(mathematics)