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    Jul 3, 2010, 12:53 PM
    Find a variation constant and a equation of variation where y varies inversity as x a
    Just a quick question.
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    Jul 4, 2010, 05:32 AM

    If y is inversely proportional to x, then:



    When you remove the proportionality sign, you get:



    Where k is the constant.

    Note that you can take any other letter, except y and x to denote the constant.

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