Question

what happens to the value of the expression 50/p as p decreases from a large positive number to a small positive number?

Answer 1

`\bf \begin{array}{llll} p~value&expression\\ \text{\textemdash\textemdash\textemdash}&\text{\textemdash\textemdash\textemdash}\\ 10000&(50)/(10000)\implies (1)/(200)\\\\ 1000&(50)/(1000)\implies (1)/(20) \\\\ 100&(50)/(100)\implies (1)/(2)\\\\ 10&(50)/(10)\implies 5\\\\ 1&(50)/(1)\implies 50\\\\ ...&... \end{array}`

so, what do you think?

Answer 2

50/p increases from a small positive number to a big positive number.

Explanation:

p is in the denominator. This means that p and the value of the expression 50/p are inverse proportional. So for a big value of p, 50/p has a small positive value. For a small value of p, 50/p has a high positive value.

what happens to the value of the expression 50/p as p decreases from a large positive number to a small positive number?

50/p increases from a small positive number to a big positive number.

For example

50/1000 = 0.05

50/1 = 50