How do you determine the constant of proportionality if P varies inversely as Q and Q=2/3 when P=1/2?

Leyla Bishop

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2022-08-30

How do you determine the constant of proportionality if P varies inversely as Q and Q=2/3 when P=1/2?

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Dayana Doyle

Dayana Doyle

Beginner2022-08-31Added 17 answers

If P and Q vary inversely
PQ=c for some constant c (the constant of proportionality)

We are told Q = 2 3 when P = 1 2
So
XXX 1 2 2 3 = c

and
XXX c = 1 3

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