Question 227860: y varies directly with x, y=65 when x=5. find y when x=12.
Answer by Theo(13342)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! the formula for for y varies directly with x is:
y = k*x
when y = 65, x = 5, so your equation becomes:
65 = 5*k
solve for k and you get k = 13 because 13 * 5 = 65.
question was find y when x = 12.
equation of y = k*x becomes y = 13 * 12 = 156.
you have y = 156 when x = 13.
we solved this using the formula y = k*x.
we could also have solved this by using the ratio equation of:
5/65 = 12/y
cross multiply to get 5*y = 12*65
divide both sides of this equation by 5 to get:
y = 12*65/5 which becomes y = 12*13 which becomes y = 156
This website has the formulas for variation that you would need.
Direct and Inverse Variation Formulas plus Others
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