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spacefire5458
Jul 28, 2007, 02:28 PM
What makes too quantities inversely proportional to each other?:)

Capuchin
Jul 28, 2007, 02:41 PM
That;s a bit of a weird question :)

ebaines
Jul 30, 2007, 06:16 AM
Are you asking what does "inversely proportional" mean? Here's an example - when you drive in a car the time it takes to cover 1 mile is inversely proportional to the speed of the car. At 30 MPH it takes 120 seconds to cover 1 mile, whereas at 60 MPH it takes 60 seconds - hence if you go twice as fast it takes only half as long. So in this case speed and time are inversely proportional. Does this help?

makdan
Jul 30, 2007, 06:46 PM
ebaines gave a specific example illustrating the general concept that the mathematical product of the two quantities is constant. As one quantity increases, the other becomes correspondingly smaller to maintain a constant product.

mmjdny
Jul 31, 2007, 08:04 AM
The measurment of the quantiities