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If y varies directly as x, and y=7 when x=6, find when y when x=18

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Answer:

y = 21

Explanation:

Lovely ratios can figure out what the missing side is.

You can either have x as the numerator or denominator, but keep it consistent, otherwise...wrong answer.


(6)/(7) = (18)/(y)

Now to figure out what y is, we need to isolate y.


(6)/(7) = (18)/(y)\\y*(6)/(7) = (18)/(y)*y\\(6)/(7)y = 18\\(6)/(7)y / (6)/(7) = 18 / (6)/(7)\\y = 21

y is 21 when x is 18.

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