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WHAT IS CALLED DIRECT VARIATION?
When two variable quantities have a constant (unchanged)  ratio, their relationship is called a direct variation.
It is said that one variable "varies directly" as the other.  The constant ratio is called the constant of variation.
The formula for direct variation is y = kx,
 where k is the constant of variation.
"y varies directly as x"


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