In this graph, 𝑥 and 𝑦 are directly proportional. This means that when 𝑥 doubles, 𝑦 also doubles, and when 𝑥 triples, so does 𝑦. In fact, for all coordinates on this line, you could multiply or ...

Editor’s Note: Published in 1959, this article comes from Martin Gardner’s legendary Scientific American column Mathematical Games. Read more classic Mathematical Games articles in our 2024 special ...

The number of employed individuals, centered around wage workers, has set a new record high for five consecutive years since 2021. However, it was found that one in 20 wage workers is an ...

Richard K. Sherwin, Professor Emeritus of Law at New York Law School, is a co-editor (with Danielle Celermajer) of A Cultural History of Law in the Modern Age (Bloomsbury, 2021).