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Y and x form a proportional relationship, and = 14 and y = 35 What is y when x equals 8?

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I'm assuming you meant that x = 14. Anyways, since it's a proportional relationship, let's put it into numbers.

14/35 = 8 / y

Once we get here, to get y we multiply 35 by 8 and then divide the result by 14 and we get 20.

y = 20.
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