DIRECT PROPORTION AND ITS GRAPHING

1. Which one of the following is not a direct variation?

a. The amount of gas a person buys

and the money he pays

b. Profit and sales

c. Circumference of a circle and its

diameter

d. A person′s age and his height

2. If the circumference of a circle varies directly as its diameter, then the constant of variation
is _____________

3. Determine whether the graph represents a direct variation or not.

4. For the given function, find its equation if y varies directly as x.

x y
9 - 27
- 10 30
- 11 33
a. y = - 3x
b. y = 13x
c. y = 5x
d. y = 31x
 5. Determine whether y varies directly as x, if so, write its equation.
x y
6 8
8 6
11 2

6. A car runs 18 miles on 2 gallons of gas. The number of gallons of gas varies directly with the
number of miles the car runs. How many miles will the car run on 4.4 gallons of gas? (Show
working)
a. 39.6 miles
b. 2 miles
c. 9 miles
d. 18 miles

7. When it is 1 PM, an electric post, 18 ft high, casts a shadow of 12 ft. Find the height of a tree
that casts a shadow of 15 ft at same time.

8. If 12 men earn $450 in a day, how much will 8 men earn?

9. On a road map two cities Brattleboro and Tempe are shown 8 inches apart. The two cities
are actually 120 miles apart. The distance on the map between two other cities Galena and
Huntsville is 9 inches. How many miles apart are these cities?

10. A scale model of a lecture hall is 6 cm long and 4 cm wide. The actual length of the lecture
hall is 21 m. What is the actual width in meters?

11. Suppose 𝑦 is directly proportional to 𝑥 and that 𝑦 = 12 when 𝑥 = 15. Find the constant
of proportionality k. Use 𝑦 = 𝑘𝑥 to find 𝑦 when 𝑥 = 10.

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