SOLUTION: 10. A student earns $0.65 for each mistake she finds in a text. Sketch the equation of direct variation. No book. Thanks so much for your valuable time!!!

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Question 54604: 10. A student earns $0.65 for each mistake she finds in a text. Sketch the equation of direct variation.
No book. Thanks so much for your valuable time!!!
Found 2 solutions by tutorcecilia, funmath:
Answer by tutorcecilia(2152) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y=0.65x
.
Check by plugging in different values for x.
Example, one mistake =.065(1)=0.65 cents earned, etc.

Answer by funmath(2933) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Y varies directly as x is where k is a constant of variation.
10. A student earns $0.65 for each mistake she finds in a text. Sketch the equation of direct variation.
A student=y
mistakes=x
k=$0.65
Your equation of variation is y=$0.65x
Plot a couple of points:
If the students finds 0 mistakes:
y=$0.65(0)
y=0
Plot (0,0)
If the student finds 1 mistake:
y=$0.65(1)
y=$0.65
Plot (1,.65) .65 is a little more than half way between 0 and 1.
Start your graph at 0 because the student can't find a negative mistake.
The vertical | amount represents the money the student earns and the horizontal line _ represents the amount of mistakes the students finds.
It should look like this:

Happy Calculating!!!