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If y varies inversely as x and y is 2.5 when x is 6, what is y when x is 4?

If y varies inversely as x and y is 2.5 when x is 6, what is y when x is 4?
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If y varies inversely as x and y is 2.5 when x is 6, what is y when x is 4?

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User Adeel Shekhani
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y=k/x

2.5 =k/6

k = 6*2.5 = 15



y=15/4

y=3.75




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