Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 7 - Review - Page 290: 22

Answer

direct variation.

Work Step by Step

If one quantity increases while the other increases, this is an example of direct variation. This can be written in equation form as: $\dfrac{y_1}{x_1}=\dfrac{y_2}{x_2}$ We can also say that the ratios do not change between the two quantities or that their relationship is linear.
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