SOLUTION: what are the three kinds of proportion?

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I believe there are only 2 kinds
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directly and indirectly
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y varies directly with x y/x=k
y varies indirectly with x y*x=k
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a third I suppose would be a mixture or combination of those two
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y varies directly with x and indirectly with z (y*z)/x=k

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