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Given that x and y vary inversely and that y is 24 when x is 8, what is the value of x when y is 18?

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When y is 24, x is 8. What is y when x is ... X=1/Y let the constant be k 8=k/24 cross multiply k= 192

you need y such that 4y = 8*24

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