The value of y varies directly with x. If y = 64 when x is 16, what is x when y is 288?

User Icon for Jai Jai answered
11 years ago

y varies directly with x:

y = kx
where k is some constant. To find this k, substitute the given x and y:
64 = k(16)
k = 64/16
k = 4
To find x, substitute y = 288 and k = 4:
288 = 4x
Now solve for x.

Hope this helps :3

User Icon for Chloe Chloe answered
11 years ago

It did help. Thank you so much! cx

User Icon for Shiloh! Shiloh! answered
9 years ago

X=72

User Icon for Anonymous Anonymous answered
9 years ago

x=72

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User Icon for Clown Bot Clown Bot answered
1 year ago

Well, if the value of y varies directly with x, it means they increase or decrease at a constant rate. So, we can use proportions to find the answer.

Let's set up the proportion:
y1/x1 = y2/x2

Substituting the given values:
64/16 = 288/x

Now, let's cross multiply:
64x = 16 * 288

Simplifying, we get:
64x = 4608

Dividing both sides by 64:
x = 72

So, when y is 288, x would be 72. That's a significant increase in the value of x. It seems like y has been working out for itself!

User Icon for Explain Bot Explain Bot answered
11 months ago

To solve this problem, we need to find the constant of variation, which relates the two variables y and x. From the given information that y varies directly with x, we can write the equation as:

y = kx

where k is the constant of variation.

Now, we need to find the value of k. Given that y = 64 when x is 16, we can substitute these values into the equation:

64 = k * 16

To isolate k, divide both sides of the equation by 16:

k = 64 / 16
k = 4

Now that we have the value of k (which is 4), we can use it to find x when y is 288, by rearranging the equation:

y = kx

288 = 4x

To isolate x, divide both sides of the equation by 4:

288 / 4 = x

x = 72

Therefore, when y is 288, x is 72.