Is 1/2xy=2 an inverse or direct variation?

Yareli Bowman

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2022-08-28

Is 1 2 x y = 2 an inverse or direct variation?

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Bryanna Villarreal

Bryanna Villarreal

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1 2 x y = 2

xy=4
y = 4 x

Here, x and y are variables and 4 is the constant.
Let us assume values for x and observe the trend in values of y

Let x=1, y = 4 1 = 4
Let x = 4 , y = 4 4 = 1
Let x = 8 , y = 4 8 = 1 2

We can observe here, that as the values of x increase, the values of y decrease and hence the variation is inverse (if one increases other decreases.)

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