SOLUTION: At a summer camp there is one counselor for every 8 campers. Write a direct variation equation for the number of campers, y, that there are for x counselors.

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Question 550963: At a summer camp there is one counselor for every 8 campers. Write a direct variation equation for the number of campers, y, that there are for x counselors.
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At a summer camp there is one counselor for every 8 campers. Write a direct variation equation for the number of campers, y, that there are for x counselors.
y = 8x
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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