SOLUTION: Solve. Show your work. (16) “b” varies inversely as the square root of “c”. If b = 1 when c = 16, find b when c = 6. (17) n is inversely proportio

Question 1198146: Solve. Show your work.
(16) “b” varies inversely as the square root of “c”. If b = 1 when c = 16, find b when c = 6.

(17) n is inversely proportional to t+3. If t = 1 when n = 3, find t when n = 4.
Show work.

(18) When a seesaw is perfectly balanced, each person’s distance, “d,” from the fulcrum varies inversely as his weight, “w.” If a 120-pound person sits 5 feet from the seesaw fulcrum, where must a 150-pound person sit to balance the seesaw? Show work.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Direct variation and inverse variation descriptions are extremely formal in a very consistent way and are easy to translate into their equations.

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What to do with the question on each is very simple algebra.
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