Find the Constant of Variation y=5/8x

$y = \frac{5}{8} x$

Step 1

Combine $\frac{5}{8}$ and $x$ .

$y = \frac{5 x}{8}$

Step 2

Since the equation can be written in the form $y = k x$ , $y$ varies directly with $x$ and $k$ . The constant of variation, $k$ , is $\frac{5}{8}$ .

$\frac{5}{8}$