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| Question 388771:  how do you write the equation (direct variation) if you are given an ordered pair?
 Answer by stanbon(75887)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! how do you write the equation (direct variation) if you are given an ordered pair? ----
 Direct variation of x and y: y = kx
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 Assume you have the point (5,8),
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 then 8 = k*5
 then k = 8/5
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 Then the equation for this
 situation is: y = (8/5)x
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 Cheers,
 Stan H.
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