The Cube Root of x varies inversely as the square of y; if x=8 when y=3,find x when y=1(1/2)
This section requires Javascript.
You are seeing this because something didn't load right. We suggest you, (a) try
refreshing the page, (b) enabling javascript if it is disabled on your browser and,
finally, (c)
loading the
non-javascript version of this page
. We're sorry about the hassle.
Let 3 x = y 2 k (for some constant k) Plug in x = 8 and y = 3 → ⟹ k = 9 ⋅ 2 = 1 8 Now plug in y = 2 3 in the main equation to get → ⟹ x = ( 9 4 k ) 3 now plug in the value of k obtained above to get → ⟹ x = 8 3 = 5 1 2