Answer:
So when we triple the value of "x" in that expression we also triple the value of "y". The corrrect answer is "x 3".
Step-by-step explanation:
For a given "x", y follows the expression: [tex]y = 8*x[/tex]. We have a new input to the function, which we will call "a", we know that this value is 3 times the value of the prior "x", so we can calculate what will happen to "y" as shown below:
[tex]y_1 = 8*x[/tex]
For when the input is "a":
[tex]y_2 = 8*a[/tex]
We know that "a" is 3 times x, therefore:
[tex]y_2 = 8*(3*x)[/tex]
Due to the associative property of the product we can rewrite the above expression as:
[tex]y_2 = 3*(8*x)[/tex]
Since "8*x" is the same as the prior "y", then we have:
[tex]y_2 = 3*y_1[/tex]
So when we triple the value of "x" in that expression we also triple the value of "y". The corrrect answer is "x 3".