SOLUTION: If y varies directly as x and y = 18 when x = 24, find x when y = 15

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Question 728738: If y varies directly as x and y = 18 when x = 24, find x when y = 15
Answer by RoRo Jaxson(21) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
So the ratio is 3:4
So when y is 15
X= 20
There really is no way to show your work it becomes an instinct...
Its like For every 24 berries 18 are blue just make the numbers smaller by division... so for every four berries 3 are blue .. You see?