Three ounces of broiled ground beef contains 245 calories. is this the number of calories directly or inversely proportional to the number of ounces? explain your reasoning and write a formula for the proportion. how many calories are there in 4 ounces of broiled hamburger?

The number of calories are directly proportional to the number of ounces.

Step-by-step explanation:

We can relate these values as:

Let x be the calories in 4 ounces of broiled hamburger.

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Dividing by 3 on both sides;

x = 327 approx

We can see that 4 ounces contain 327 calories.

Per ounce will have calories.

As the quantity of hamburger increases, the calories count also increases.