Is $5 x = - 3 y$ $5x = -3y$ a direct variation equation and if so, what is the constant of variation?

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-25T07:32:50

$y = - \frac{5}{3} x$ $y=-5/3x$

y depends on value of x. However, constant in this equation is $- \frac{5}{3}$ $-5/3$

The graph of your function:

graph{(-5x)/3 [-5, 5, -5, 5]}

Is 5x=−3y5x = -3y a direct variation equation and if so, what is the constant of variation?