Question

Can someone explain to me please
Brandon received a book for his birthday and read sixty-three pages in 3 hours. Later, he read eighty-four pages in 4 hours. Does his reading follow a direct variation?

Answer 1

in both cases the number of pages per hour is 21/hour....

Answer 2

ok , so what i have to do ???

Answer 3

so i think it's direct....

Answer 4

@hartnn what you say here...?

Answer 5

3,63
4,84

see if those satisfy
y=mx

Answer 6

i mean see if you get the value of 'm' as same number in both cases

Answer 7

you mean m=21...?

Answer 8

yep, true for both...so his reading does follow direct variation :)

Answer 9

just the mathamatical way to say what u said

Answer 10

hmmm thanks for clarifying...

Answer 11

welcome :)

Answer 12

but how u got 21 , is i'm trying to know

Answer 13

63/3 = 21
84/4 = 21

Answer 14

oh , i see
thank u

Answer 15

pleasure...