Question

The amount of money in Harold's savings account is inversely proportional to the number of bills he has to pay each month. If x represents the number of bills he has to pay each month, and y represents the money in his savings account, find the following:
A- use the equation y = k/x to find k, the constant of variation; if Harold has $209 in his bank account when he has 3 bills to pay.

please answer ASAP I'm kinda confused I don't want answer I just want steps on how to complete it :)

Answer 1

The given equation is:
y = k/x
where y is the money in his savings and x is the number of bills

We are also given that:
money in the savings (y) = $209
number of bills (x) = 3
and we are asked to compute the value of k.

In order to compute the value of k, all you have to do is substitute with the given x and y in the above equation as follows:
y = k/x
209 = k/3
k = 209*3 = 627