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Question 995059: I do not understand my homework that ask to write an equation for the ordered pair (2,1) which is a solution to a direct variable equation.We are studying direct variation
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Variation situations like this typically have no axis intercepts. You have a variable y depending on variable x, and when x=2, y=1. x varies jointly with y. Or, y varies jointly with x. Again, remember, no axis intercepts expected.

y=kx for the variation equation.

k=y%2Fx
k=1%2F2
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