How can you tell if an equation has direct variation? (direct variation means proportional)

An architect is designing a water fountain for a park she uses the given function to model the water jet flowing from the fountain nozzles where h(x) gives the height of the water jugs in feet x feet from the starting point h(x)=-1/20x+x+15

How many credit hours will a student have to take for the two tuition costs to be equal? round the answer to the nearest tenth of an hour.

The brain volumes (cm cubed) of 50 brains vary from a low of 904 cm cubed to a high of 1488 cm cubed. use the range rule of thumb to estimate the standard deviation s and compare the result to the exact standard deviation of 175.5 cm cubed, assuming the estimate is accurate if it is within 15 cm cubed