direct variation
Americannoun
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a proportional relationship in mathematics, wherein one variable equals another variable multiplied by a constant.
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an equation expressing this relationship.
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Now we’ll solve a few applications of direct variation.
From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020
In applications using direct variation, generally we will know values of one pair of the variables and will be asked to find the equation that relates x and y.
From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020
We will discuss direct variation and inverse variation in this section.
From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020
Q&A Do the graphs of all direct variation equations look like Example 1?
From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015
We should then have nothing left except the congenital variations produced by sexual union, or the direct variation of the germ plasm as a factor for advance.
From The Story of the Living Machine A Review of the Conclusions of Modern Biology in Regard to the Mechanism Which Controls the Phenomena of Living Activity by Conn, H. W. (Herbert William)
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