document.write( "Question 86986This question is from textbook Saxon, Algebra 1
\n" ); document.write( ": Pressure varies inversly as volume. When the pressure is 16 pascals, the volume is 84 liters. What would the volume be if the pressure is reduced to 12 pascals? \n" ); document.write( "

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You can write the proportion from the given data:
\n" ); document.write( "The pressure varies inversely as the volume, so:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"P+=+k%2FV\"$ where k is the proportionality constant. This can be written: $\"k+=+PV\"$
\n" ); document.write( "When:
\n" ); document.write( "P = 16 Pascals.
\n" ); document.write( "V = 84 liters, then:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"k+=+%2816%29%2884%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"k+=+1344\"$
\n" ); document.write( "So the proportionality equation is:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"P+=+1344%2FV\"$ or
\n" ); document.write( " $\"V+=+1344%2FP\"$ Substitute V = 12 Pascals and solve for V.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"V+=+1344%2F12\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"V+=+112\"$ Liters. \n" ); document.write( "

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