Here goes another question lol oops

The polygon tool to draw a rectangle with a length of 5 units and a height of 3 units. one of the sides of the rectangle falls on line ab , and the rectangle has a vertex of a. each segment on the grid represents 1 unit.

Problem melissa is her dad build a walkway in their backyard. the walkway will be 54 feet long and 1.5 feet wide. the local hardware store sells tiles which are 1.5 by 1.5 feet and come in boxes of 12. how many boxes of tiles do they need?

How can you tell when x and y are not directly proportional?