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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> For the following problems, y varies directly with x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If y is -3 when x is 5, find y when x is -10. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y = c*x, where c is proportionality constant. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -3 when x = 5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-3 = c*5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = -3/5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = (-3/5)*x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = -10, y =(-3/5)*(-10) = 6 </SPAN>\n" );
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