This paper explains the characteristics of Transverse Mercator projections, the relationship of plane grids to USGS map cells, and the reasons DRG's and other USGS digital products are projected on the UTM.
âº If two amounts are proportional, they change at the same rate so that the relationship between them does not change: 1  Weight is proportional to size. 2  How far you go is directly proportional to how fast you go (= as one thing increases, the other increases at exactly the same rate).
Variable y is directly proportional to the variable x. In mathematics, two variables are proportional if a change in one is always accompanied by a change in the other, and if the changes are always related by use of a constant multiplier. The constant is called the coefficient of proportionality or proportionality constant. 1  If one variable is always the product of the other and a constant, the two are said to be directly proportional. x and y are directly proportional if the ratio yx is constant.