SOLUTION: Direct variation or inverse variation? Please help. I don't understand how to tell variations apart. y=3x

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Question 162641This question is from textbook saxon algebra 2
: Direct variation or inverse variation?
Please help. I don't understand how to tell variations apart.
y=3x This question is from textbook saxon algebra 2

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Answer by KnightOwlTutor(293) (Show Source):
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This is an example of a direct variation. Other examples are y=x^2 or y=x^3
As x increases y also increases.
An inverse is y=1/x y=1/x^2 or y=1/x^3
As x increases in value y decreases

Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source):
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increase (or decrease) one quantity (by multiplying or dividing)

the other quantity will have to change to maintain the equality

if they change the same way __ direct variation
__ if they change in opposite ways __ inverse variation

y=3x __ if y gets twice as large, then x must get twice as large to maintain the equality
__ direct variation