Problema Solution

If y varies directly with x and if y = 20 when x=4, what is y when x=10?

Answer provided by our tutors

y varies directly with x if there is a constant k such that:

y = kx or y/x = constant

Now we can write:

20 : 4 = y : 10

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y = 50

When x = 10, y = 50.