The weight of an object exerts on a scale varies directly with the mass of an object. If a bowling ball has a mass of 6 kg, the scale reads 54.
What is the constant of variation?
If another object has a mass of 8kg, what would the weight on the scale read?

According to the 2008 u.s. census, california had a population of approximately 4 × 10^7 people and florida had a population of approximately 2 × 10^7 people. which of the following is true? a. the population of california was approximately two times the population of florida. b. the population of florida was approximately twenty times the population of california. c. the population of florida was approximately two times the population of california. d. the population of california was approximately twenty times the population of florida.