Question

If y varies inversely as x, and y = 3 as x = -2, find y for the x-value of -1.

Answer 1

How much is the x-value reduced by going from -2 to -1?? It's reduced by -1 or one half of the original number.

the point is to balance the information you're given. If the y-value for x=-2 is 3 and you're trying to find the y-value for x=-1, what would y be?? Remember that when something varies inversely, it decreases.