Suppose you are going to the Braves game with some friends. The amount of money you spend for tickets varies directly with the number of people buying the tickets. If you spend $60 for 5 tickets, what is the constant of variation? What does the constant of variation represent?

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Suppose you are going to the Braves game with some friends.  The amount of money you spend for tickets varies directly with the number of people buying the tickets.  If you spend $60 for 5 tickets, what is the constant of variation?  What does the constant of variation represent?

miracrown · Answer

They are talking about direction variation which means y and x have this relationship
y varies directly with x

miracrown · Answer

y = k*x 
so k is that constant of variation that they want you to find
so how would you solve for that here?

anonymous · Answer

I divided 60 by 5 & got 12 so K would equal 12 right? & That represents the ticket cost for 1 person.

miracrown · Answer

Exactly! Good job!