SOLUTION: Given the values of x and y, find an equation of variation in which y varies directly as x y = 8, when x = 5

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Question 242436: Given the values of x and y, find an equation of variation in which y varies directly as x y = 8, when x = 5
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Given the values of x and y, find an equation of variation in which y varies directly as x:
y = k*x
:
y = 8, when x = 5
:
8 = 5k
k =
:
The equation:
y = x
or
y = 1.6x

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