document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=855315>Question 855315</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the variation shown by these two equations:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "z=(k&#8730;x)/y^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "z=kx^2 &#8730;y  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I need help understanding how to explain what variation is being used. Thanks </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #515334 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=515334\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> First one:  z varies jointly as x to the half power and inversely as y squared.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Second one:  I will not do this one for you, but it is too a variation  of how z varies with x and y and shows the same proportionality constant, k.  If an \"independent\" variable is in a numerator position, it is \"jointly\"; and if an independent variable is in  a denominator position, it is \"inversely\". </SPAN>\n" );
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