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Question 701544: How can you determine if this equation is a direct variation and what the constant is?
y+8= -x
Thank you

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Any and all direct variations are of the form y = kx where k is any real number.

Since y + 8 = -x turns into y = -x+8, it CANNOT be written into the form y = kx

Therefore, y+8 = -x is NOT a direct variation equation.

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