Log in ryan 12 years agoPosted 12 years ago. Direct link to ryan's post “help me understand what v...” help me understand what varation mean • (1 vote) DY 10 years agoPosted 10 years ago. Direct link to DY 's post “*variation* |ˌve(ə)rēˈāSH...” variation |ˌve(ə)rēˈāSHən| • MATHEMATICS: a change in the value of a function due to small changes in the values of its argument or arguments. • Biology: the occurrence of an organism in more than one distinct color or form. (14 votes) The Beast 12 years agoPosted 12 years ago. Direct link to The Beast's post “Why don't you divide 30 d...” Why don't you divide 30 divided by 6, so do 45 divided by 9? It is much easier. • (9 votes) Aditi 11 years agoPosted 11 years ago. Direct link to Aditi's post “Yup. That's correct but w...” Yup. That's correct but when the questions get harder the other method makes it both clearer and easier to understand (11 votes) Wadhia Sultana 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to Wadhia Sultana's post “can we do this math diffe...” can we do this math differant way.i think this way is little travel for me. • (3 votes) Robert 3 years agoPosted 3 years ago. Direct link to Robert's post “how would I do it if it w...” how would I do it if it was NOT an example of direct variation? • (2 votes) Lyla 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Lyla's post “Sorry, I would like to kn...” Sorry, I would like to know if there are ways to solve this type of variation questions: If x+y ∝z , when y is constant and z+x ∝y , when x is constant, then prove that, x+y+z ∝yz , where x, y, z are variables I feel like I'm guessing randomly every time :/ Thanks a lot :D • (1 vote) Jonah 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Jonah's post “What if we are only given...” What if we are only given the y/x value? • (1 vote) madalena seltsam 10 years agoPosted 10 years ago. Direct link to madalena seltsam's post “how do find y in direct v...” how do find y in direct variation? could you please show me an example. • (1 vote) dumb boii 9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to dumb boii's post “The example that its giv...” The example that its giving in the video it kind of help me but in one part I don't really understand it like I'm kind of confused. • (1 vote) SongBird 9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to SongBird's post “what do you do when the y...” what do you do when the y isnt divisible by the x • (1 vote) Andrius 9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to Andrius's post “this is a second (the sam...” this is a second (the same) question from you. There is never a case when y isnt divisable by the x. If you have such case please share it with us. (1 vote) Logan McElwee 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to Logan McElwee's post “im lost how do you find ...” im lost how do you find the constant variation of {(-5,3),(-5,1)(0,0)(10,-2) • (1 vote)Want to join the conversation?
noun
1 a change or difference in condition, amount, or level, typically with certain limits: regional variations in house prices | the figures showed marked variation from year to year.
• Astronomy: a deviation of a celestial body from its mean orbit or motion.
• (also magnetic variation) the angular difference between true north and magnetic north at a particular place.
2 a different or distinct form or version of something: hurling is an Irish variation of field hockey.
• Music: a version of a theme, modified in melody, rhythm, harmony, or ornamentation, so as to present it in a new but still recognizable form: there is an eleven-bar theme followed by seven variations and a coda | figurative : variations on the perennial theme of marital discord.
• Ballet: a solo dance as part of a performance.
DERIVATIVES
variational |-SHənl|adjective
ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting variance or conflict): from Old French, or from Latin variatio(n-), from the verb variare (see vary) .
