Y varies inversely as x and y=5 when x=3

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Jaylon Conrad

Mathematics

19 December, 00:24

Y varies inversely as x and y=5 when x=3

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Albert Potts · Answer 1

Albert Potts 19 December, 00:43

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Xy=k

3*5=k

k=15

xy=15 or y=15/x

Dana Farley · Answer 2

So if somthing varies inversely then when one value goes up, the other value goes down so xy=z and z has to be the same so lets say that z=16

when x=2 y=8

when x=4 y=4

when x=8 y=2

when x=16 y=1

so xy=z

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(3) (5) = 15

so if x=5 y=3

x=1 y=15

x=15 y=1