SOLUTION: If y varies inversely as x and y=1750 when x=4, find y when x=10

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Question 1174004: If y varies inversely as x and y=1750 when x=4, find y when x=10
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Hi,

If y varies inversely as x and y=1750 when x=4, find y when x=10

  1750 = k/4

  1750*4 = k

   y = 1750*4/10  = 700  (Notice as x gets larger, y gets smaller)

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