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  • Jul 28, 2007, 02:28 PM
    spacefire5458
    Inverse proportionality
    What makes too quantities inversely proportional to each other?:)
  • Jul 28, 2007, 02:41 PM
    Capuchin
    That;s a bit of a weird question :)
  • Jul 30, 2007, 06:16 AM
    ebaines
    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?
  • Jul 30, 2007, 06:46 PM
    makdan
    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.
  • Jul 31, 2007, 08:04 AM
    mmjdny
    The measurment of the quantiities

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