SOLUTION: If y varies inversely with the square of x, what would happen to y if x was halved? What would happen to y if x was tripled?

SOLUTION: If y varies inversely with the square of x, what would happen to y if x was halved? What would happen to y if x was tripled?

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Question 1022740: If y varies inversely with the square of x, what would happen to y if x was halved? What would happen to y if x was tripled?
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
for some constant of proportionality. If x is halved...
, making the new y value four times as big as the old y value.
If x was tripled, then
, making the new y value nine times as small as the old y value.
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