document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1014452>Question 1014452</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I don't understand this question...thank you to anyone who can help.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How would you describe the location of a graphed inverse variation based on the constant? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #630753 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=630753\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> y varies inversely with x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let k be a variation constant;<BR>\n" );
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;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you knew nothing else, you may choose several values for x, and compute corresponding values for y; and from this table of x and y values, plot points and draw the graph.  You may still need some way of finding your value for k, but you expect k will be a constant.  x must never be 0, so that the graph WILL have an asymptote of the y-axis.  Also, as x goes unbound to the left or to the right, y will never actually become 0, so you will find that  the x-axis is also an asymptote.  The value of k will not affect the asymptotes.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here is a graph if k=1.<BR>\n" );
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