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What is the y-intercept of the graph of a direct variation equation?
Graphs of direct variation pass through the origin so the y-intercept would be 0.
Is -3x -35y equals 14 a direct variation?
no. direct variation implies that you can simplify the problem into several forma which are equivalent to y/x = k in which k is called the constant of variation. one of these equivalent forms would by y = kx + 0 (slope intercept form) in which the y intercept must be 0 rearranging your equation gives a y- intecept of -14/35 which reduces to -2/5 since this is not zero. this is not direct variation.
Does y vary directly with x in the equation y equals 5x?
Yes, this is an example of direct variation.A:This is a direct variation because both are in the numerator of a fraction and on opposite sides of the = sign. If they are both on the same side of the equals sign, then one would have to be in the numerator and the other in the denominator for them to be a direct variation.
What does variation mean in math terms?
There are different types of variation in math - direct variation, inverse variation, and joint variation for a start. Direct variation is just simply that x and y vary directly. What this means is that they do the same thing - as x increases so does y, or as x decreases so does the value of y. In general the formula for direct variation is y=kx where k is the constant of variation. (For example we could have a direct variation equation such as y=2x. The constant of variation is 2, which just means that as x increases, y doubles that amount and thus also increases) Inverse variation is when x and y do the opposite of each other. So as x increases, y decreases or as x decreases the value of y increases. One fun example of where this happens in real life is with Ramen Noodles - the less money people make the more Ramen Noodles they buy. We would say that people's income and the amount of Ramen Noodles they buy vary inversely. In general the formula for inverse variation is y = k/x where again k is the constant of variation. Joint variation is when you have three variables that are related. The general formula for joint variation is y=kxz where z is just a third variable and k is still the constant of variation.
Is the equation Y MX B a constant of variation?
No, it is a linear equation which does not pass through the origin unless B = 0. If B = 0 then Y and X could be said to vary in direct proportion and M would be the constant of variation, not the whole equation.
