Direct Variation

1. 2. 3. 4. Measure the thickness of the spine of your Algebra book. Stack one Algebra book on top of another. What is the height of two books? Make a stack of 3 books. What is the height of three books? Use the coordinate grid. Fill in the units you used for measuring the height, choose an appropriate scale, and label the y-axis. The use your answers from above to plot point to show the height y of x algebra books.

5. Draw a line through the points. Write the equation of the line. 6. You have shown that the height of y of a stack of algebra books varies directly with the number of x books. The model for direction variation is y = ax where a is the constant of variation. a. What is the constant of variation for this equation? b. What is the meaning of the constant in this equation?

Direct Variation
1. 2. 3. 4. Measure the thickness of the spine of your Algebra book. Stack one Algebra book on top of another. What is the height of two books? Make a stack of 3 books. What is the height of three books? Use the coordinate grid. Fill in the units you used for measuring the height, choose an appropriate scale, and label the y-axis. The use your answers from above to plot point to show the height y of x algebra books.

5. Draw a line through the points. Write the equation of the line. 6. You have shown that the height of y of a stack of algebra books varies directly with the number of x books. The model for direction variation is y = ax where a is the constant of variation. a. What is the constant of variation for this equation? b. What is the meaning of the constant in this equation?

Using direct variation, write a direction variation equation (with x and y) for each situation. 1. At a library, making 3 copies costs $0.24 and making 9 copies costs $0.72. 2. A hotel has a special water saving shower head. After 10 minutes, it has used 17.5 gallons of water. After a 15 minute shower, it has used 26.25 gallons of water. 3. A new website charges $10 for 8 downloaded songs, and $52.50 for 42 downloaded songs. 4. Write your own situation and give the direct variation equation.

Using direct variation, write a direction variation equation (with x and y) for each situation. 1. At a library, making 3 copies costs $0.24 and making 9 copies costs $0.72. 2. A hotel has a special water saving shower head. After 10 minutes, it has used 17.5 gallons of water. After a 15 minute shower, it has used 26.25 gallons of water. 3. A new website charges $10 for 8 downloaded songs, and $52.50 for 42 downloaded songs. 4. Write your own situation and give the direct variation equation.

Write a direct variation equation: ___________________________

Make a table for the equation:

Make a graph of the equation:

Identify the x-intercept: ________ Identify the y-intercept: ________ Give an equation for a line that is parallel to the line you gave above: ________________

Write a direct variation equation: ___________________________ Make a table for the equation: Make a graph of the equation:

Identify the x-intercept: ________ Identify the y-intercept: ________ Give an equation for a line that is parallel to the line you gave above: ________________