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Belly Posted 18 years ago
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01font001) IF y varies 01b00inversely02b00 to x and y = 8 when x =3, what is the value of y when x=4?(Answer :6)02font02br
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01font002)A corporation triples its annual bonus to 50 of its employees. What percent of the employees' new bonus is the increase? (Answer: 66 2/3 %)02font02br
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01font00II) 3)What is the differences between 01b00solve02b00 and 01b00resolve02b00?02font02br
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01font004) What is the differences between 01i00charitable trust02i00 and 01i00charitable foundation02i00?02font02br
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02br 02br 01font 02font 02br 02br 01font 002)A corporation triples its annual bonus to 50 of its employees. What percent of the employees' new bonus is the increase? 02i 00???

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  • 02br 02br 01font 02font 02br 02br 01font 002)A corporation triples its annual bonus to 50 of its employees.
  • What percent of the employees' new bonus is the increase?
  • 02i 00???
  • 02b 00 eg Consider 50 employees who get bonuses.
  • Last year, each received a bonus of $20.
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0Hi,02br
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01font00) I encoutered these questions in SAT preparation02font02br
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01font001) IF y varies 01b00inversely02b00 to x and y = 8 when x =3, what is the value of y when x=4?(Answer :6)02font02br
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0If two values that have an 01i00inverse 02i00relationship with each other, as one goes up, the other goes down. For example, at constant temperature, the pressure and volume of a gas will have inverse values. If you increase the volume, you'll have less pressure, and vice versa. In the orignal question, on of the values when up from 3 to 4, so the other had to go down fro
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01cite10Belly12cite10IF y varies 11b10inversely12b10 to x and y = 8 when x =3, what is the value of y when x=4?12blockquote
10If y varies inversely to x, then, by definition, xy = k (where k is a constant).02br
00So multiplying y by x always has to equal the same constant number. Th
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01cite10Belly12cite10IF y varies 11b10inversely12b10 to x and y = 8 when x =3, what is the value of y when x=4?12blockquote
10 There is an alternate way to do this. As GG said, the inverse relationship means if one value goes up, the other goes down. They go up and down by related ratios -- in
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01cite10Belly12cite10A corporation triples its annual bonus to 50 of its employees. What percent of the employees' new bonus is the increase?12blockquote
10 The number 50 is there to distract you. The number of employees who received the bonus has nothing to do with the percent increase.02br
00Forget the num
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