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Understanding Direct and Inverse Variation

This document discusses three types of proportional relationships: 1) Direct variation: y varies directly with x if y increases and decreases as x increases and decreases. This can be expressed as y = kx or y/x = k, where k is the constant of proportionality. 2) Inverse variation: y varies inversely with x if y decreases as x increases and vice versa. This can be expressed as yx = k or y1/x1 = y2/x2, where k is the constant of proportionality. 3) Joint variation: y varies jointly as x and z if y is proportional to the product of x and z. This can be expressed as y = kxz or y

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Understanding Direct and Inverse Variation

This document discusses three types of proportional relationships: 1) Direct variation: y varies directly with x if y increases and decreases as x increases and decreases. This can be expressed as y = kx or y/x = k, where k is the constant of proportionality. 2) Inverse variation: y varies inversely with x if y decreases as x increases and vice versa. This can be expressed as yx = k or y1/x1 = y2/x2, where k is the constant of proportionality. 3) Joint variation: y varies jointly as x and z if y is proportional to the product of x and z. This can be expressed as y = kxz or y

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Direct variation

The phrase y varies directly as x or y is directly proportional to x means that as x gets


bigger, so does y, and as x gets smaller, so does y. That concept can be translated in two ways.
for some constant k.
The k is called the constant of proportionality. This translation is used when the constant
is the desired result.

This translation is used when the desired result is either an original or new value of x or y.
Example 4
If y varies directly as x, and y = 10 when x = 7, find the constant of proportionality.

The constant of proportionality is .
Example 5
If y varies directly as x, and y = 10 when x = 7, find y when x = 12.

Apply the cross products rule.

Inverse variation
The phrase y varies inversely as x or y is inversely proportional to x means that as x gets
bigger, y gets smaller, or vice versa. This concept is translated in two ways.
yx = k for some constant k, called the constant of proportionality. Use this translation if the
constant is desired.
y
1
x
1
= y
2
x
2
.
Use this translation if a value of x or y is desired.
Example 6
If y varies inversely as x, and y = 4 when x = 3, find the constant of proportionality.

The constant is 12.
Example 7
If y varies inversely as x, and y = 9 when x = 2, find y when x = 3.

Joint variation
If one variable varies as the product of other variables, it is called joint [Link] phrase
y varies jointly as x and z is translated in two ways.
if the constant is desired.
if one of the variables is desired.

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