Question

Brandon received a book for his birthday and read thirty-six pages in 2 hours. Later, he read fifty-four pages in 3 hours. Does his reading follow a direction variation? Explain.

Answer 1

His reading follows a direct variation if the number of pages per hour remains a constant.

At first, he read 36 pages in 2 hours (what is his pages per hour?)
Then he read 54 pages in 3 hours (what is his pages per hour?)

If these two pages per hour rates are the same, then the number of pages he reads varies directly as the number of hours he reads.