Algbrea 2 Math

Question

Suppose that y is directly proportionally to x and that y = -69 when x=7.

Question one is find the constant of proportionally to k.

 

That equals k= -69/over 7. 

 

Then it asks use y=kx to find y when x=6.     Y=====  ???

Answer 1

We have formula y = kx and value of two variables k = - 69/7  x = 6 .
Now, let's plug them in to formula of direct variation:

y = (- 69/7) * 6 

            69      6
 y = − ----- • ----        
            7        1

y = - 414/7 ≈ - 59.143