A farmer uses 5,000 pounds of fertilizer in a season to grow a 20,000 pound crop. If the farmer wants to grow a 28,000 pound crop, how much fertilizer should he use? The relationship is A. direct B. inversely proportional A. 6000 B. 4000 C. 7000 pounds of fertilizer. The local department of education spends $12.000 a year on advertising to discourage school students from dropping out of high school. If during a normal year there are 300 local dropouts, how many dropouts will there be if there is $18000 spent instead? the relationship is A. Inversely B. directly proportional. A. 200 B. 600 C. 100 dropouts.​