The number of miles driven varies directly with the number of gallons of gas used Erin drove 297miles on 9 gallons. Write a direct variation equation to represent this situation.

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anonymous · Answer

297=k9. k=33. So the eq'n is y=33x where y is the miles and x is the gallons of any number you want to plug in.

anonymous · Answer

i dont get it

anonymous · Answer

Direct variation is one goes up and the other does as well. So that is the basic form of the eq'n.

anonymous · Answer

oh ok