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document.write( "if y varies inversely as x, and y=12 when x=6, what is k, the variation constant? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+k%2Fx ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+k%2Fx\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and substitute: y = 12 and x = 6, then solve for k.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=12+=+k%2F6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"12+=+k%2F6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Multiply both sides by 6.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The constant of variation, k, is 72 </SPAN>\n" );
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