77 Answered Questions for the topic Direct Variation

Direct Variation

08/24/15

The period (t) of a simple pendulum of length (l) varies directly as the square root of its length. A.) if the period is two seconds for a pendulum 100cm long.

The period (t) of a simple pendulum of length (l) varies directly as the square root of its length.A.) if the period is two seconds for a pendulum 100cm long. Find the period of pendulum 50cm... more
Direct Variation Variations And Applications

05/12/15

Variation and Applications

The number N of aluminum cans used each year varies directly as the number of people P using the cans. If 55 people use 11,495 cans in one year, how many cans are used in a city with a population... more
Direct Variation

05/03/15

direct variation

Suppose you varies directly with x. Write an equation for the direct variation of y=8 when x=15
Direct Variation

04/10/15

Help please

the pressure of a gas in a container varies directly with its temperature and inversely with its volume. At a temperature of 70 Kelvin and a volume of 10 cubic meters the pressure is 33.6 newtons... more
Direct Variation

04/10/15

direct variation question

if a woman weighs 120 pounds when she is at sea level, 3960 miles from the center of earth how much will she weigh when she is at the top of a mountain 4.6 miles above sea level
Direct Variation

04/03/15

choosing x and y coordinates in a direct variation

In direct variation is there any particular and unique method for selection of variables in x and y axis 
Direct Variation

03/07/15

Suppose you are driving. You notice that after driving for 3 hours, you are 150 miles from Seattle.

You continue driving and calculate that after driving 9 ours you are 420 miles from Seattle. What is your rate? How far do you drive every 9 hours? How far from Seattle are you after driving for... more
Direct Variation

01/18/15

does the equation 4x-3y=0 represent direct variation? if so, identify the constant of variation

does the equation 4x-3y=0 represent direct variation? if so, identify the constant of variation
Direct Variation Algebra 1

01/15/15

Does 3y+2=2x represent a direct variation.

I have Algebra 1 and I dont know how to do this.
Direct Variation

12/08/14

if y=9 when x=-3 find x when y=6

if y=9 when x=-3 find x when y=6 
Direct Variation

11/13/14

Direct variation question?

The distance a wheel moves forward varies directly with the number of rotations. Suppose the wheel moves 56 ft. in 8 rotations.  What distance does the wheel move in 20 rotations? 

10/18/14

How far did it travel in the first 2 seconds?

The distance that an object falls from rest, when air is negligible, varies directly as the square of the time. A stone dropped from rest travels 400 feet in the first 5 seconds. Thanks in advanced.
Direct Variation

10/02/14

if y=4 when x=2, find y when x=16

im having trouble with direct in constant variation 

09/16/14

Write a general formula to describe the variation

R varies directly with g and inversely with the square of h; R=3 when g=3 and h=5.   a. R=5(g/h^2) b. R=5(h^2/g) c. R= 25(g/h^2) d. R= 25gh^2
Direct Variation Algebra Help Inverse

09/16/14

y=9, when x=7

If y varies inversely as x, write the general formula to describe the variation.y=9, when x=7a. y=x/63b. y= (9/7)xc. y= (1/63x)d. y= 63/x
Direct Variation

08/29/14

How to find the value of "k"in completing a table of direct variation if u don't have the first entry for "Y"?

Find "k" and complete the table when y=kx X...| 2 | 4 | --| 7 | Y...|-- |28|42|--|
Direct Variation

08/27/14

How to Complete a Table by Direct Variation.

If y=kx then Complete a table..  X...|4|6|--|15| Y...|2|--|3.5|--| Sorry I couldn't draw the Table properly!!!  
Direct Variation

08/27/14

There is a direct variation between x and y,for y=5 when x=10.Find y when x=20 and x when y=15.

I get 1/2 as the value of k buh I cant find the value of x 

07/09/14

Write a direct variation that relates c and g, where c is the # of chlorine tablets

Noah knows that his friend Ryan uses 2 small chlorine tablets a week to maintain his 10,000 gallon pool
Direct Variation

06/10/14

If x varies directly as y, and x = 7 when y = 10, find x when y = 4

If x varies directly as y, and x = 7 when y = 10, find x when y = 4
Direct Variation

06/08/14

y is 2 when x is 10. What is the value of y when x is -25?

i need to find out what y is when x is -25
Direct Variation

05/02/14

direct variation

the heat generated by a stove element varies directly as the square of the voltage and inversely as the resistance. If the voltage increases by a factor of 5, what needs to be done to triple the... more
Direct Variation

03/24/14

The number of instructions N performed per second by a computer varies directly as the speed S of the computers internal processor.

A processor with a speed of 25 megahertz can perform 2,000,000 instructions per second.   a) find an equation of variation N=   b) the same processor performs _____ instructions if it running... more
Direct Variation

01/23/14

identify two additional values for x and y in a direct variation relationship where y=11 when x=18

How so I figure out the values      

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