Y varies inversely with x y = 132 when x = 6 What is the value of k, the constant of inverse variation?

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malfutka [58]3 years ago

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The answer to this question is i think a or b.

valentinak56 [21]3 years ago

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$\bf \qquad \qquad \textit{inverse proportional variation}
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\textit{\underline{y} varies inversely with \underline{x}}\qquad \qquad y=\cfrac{k}{x}\impliedby 
\begin{array}{llll}
k=constant\ of\\
\qquad variation
\end{array}\\\\
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\textit{we also know that }
\begin{cases}
y=132\\
x=6
\end{cases}\implies 132=\cfrac{k}{6}\implies 792=k$

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Step-by-step explanation:

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A confidence interval is "a range of values that’s likely to include a population value with a certain degree of confidence. It is often expressed a % whereby a population means lies between an upper and lower interval".

The margin of error is the range of values below and above the sample statistic in a confidence interval.

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For this case the confidence interval is given by:

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