document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=98655>Question 98655</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please tell me if I did the following problem correctly:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If y varies inversely as x and y=3, when x=6. Find y when x=36.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is what I came up with:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3/36=y/6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "36*y=36y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3*6=18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18/36=1/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So when x=36, y=1/2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you for your input.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "       If y varies inversely as x and y=3, when x=6. Find y when x=36. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "             y varies inversely as x   or y = k/x <BR>\n" );
document.write( "                                          k = xy  where k is a proportionality \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "           constant\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "               when x= 6 y =3 k = 6.3 = 18<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "               when x = 36  y = k/36 = 18/36 = 1/2 </SPAN>\n" );
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