SOLUTION: find the missing variable for the following direct variation. k=-2;(x,-8)

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Question 1062241: find the missing variable for the following direct variation. k=-2;(x,-8)

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What is the omitted part of the problem?




Are you also given some data assigning for some x, that ?
Answer by MathTherapy(10557)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
find the missing variable for the following direct variation. k=-2;(x,-8) 
y = kx

Just substitute given values for variables to get value of missing variable: 

That's all...nothing COMPLEX!! 

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