SOLUTION: If y varies inversely as x and y= 3 when x=4, find y

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Question 1181627: If y varies inversely as x and y= 3 when x=4, find y

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Answer by greenestamps(13198) (Show Source):
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Inverse variation means the product of the two measurements is constant.

y=3 when x=4 means the product xy=12.

So your second value of y is 12 divided by whatever your second value of x is.

Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source):
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An inverse variation can be represented by the equation => or . That is, varies inversely as if there is some nonzero constant such that, or where ,

If varies inversely as , we have

and if when , you can find

then