What is inverse variation? (will medal/testimonial)
"An inverse variation is a situation in which one quantity increases while another quantity decreases "
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not helping rlly
So let's start, if you say inverse, what does that usually mean?
opposite.
good
so if we say variation is similar to variety
and we put the two together, we get opposite varieties right?
the opposite of variety is no variation, the same. what was the point of that illustration? it just screwed me up more.
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think of variety as different objects, in this case x and y They go in opposite directions
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This may help as well http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/algtrig/ATE7/Inverse%20Variation.htm
uhhhhh...
ie what goes up vs what goes down. That is an inverse variation
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