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Direct and Indirect Variation

Direct and Indirect Variation, a selection of answers from the Dr. Math archives.

Direct/Indirect Variation

Please explain direct and indirect variation.

Direct and Indirect Variation

Can you explain the difference between direct and indirect variation? How would you interpret them in a word problem?

Direct and Inverse Variation

An example of each type of problem.

Graphing Direct Variation

How do you graph direct variation? I thought you had to have two coordinates to graph a line.