B b Variation

Direct variation
Examples :

1. Given that y varies directly as x and y = 10 when x = 2. Express y in terms of x

2. Given that T ∝ q2 and T = 24 when q = 4, express T in terms of q. Calculate the value

3. Given that y varies directly as the square of t and y = 36 when t = 3. Find the value of t
when y = 100

e 36 x
f 3 6
4. The table shows values of e and f. Given that e ∝ f 3 ,
calculate the value of x.

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5. Given that F ∝ G2 and G = 2h + 5. F = 9 when h = . Calculate the value of F when h =
2
3
2

P 2 3 4
Q 1 3 2
2
6. The table shows values of P and Q. Find the
relation between P and Q

7. Given that H ∝ G3 and H = 216 when G = 3 , express H in terms of G.

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8. Given that L varies directly as the square root of m and L = 3 when m = 144. Find the
value of m when L = 2.

P 15 60
h 9 W
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9. The table shows values of P and h. Given that
P ∝ √ h , calculate the value of w.

10. Given that y ∝ m and m = 5h – 3. Given that y = 14 when h = 2, calculate the

y 4 16 36
x 1 2 3

11. The table shows values of x and y. Find the

relation between x and y.

t−1
12. Given that F ∝ H 3 and H = , F = 27 when t = 4. Express F in terms of H
2

13. Determine if y varies directly as x

(a) x 2 4 6 8
y 6 12 18 24

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 (b) x 1 2 3 4
y 2.5 5 7.5 10

(c )
x 10 20 30 40
y 40 80 120 170

Direct variation
1) y = 5x 2) 6 3) ± 5 4) 288 5) 16 6) P = 2Q
7) H = 8G3 8) 64 9) 9 10) 5 11) y = 4x 2 12) f = 8H3

Inverse variation

1. Given that J varies inversely as e and J = 8 when e = 5. Calculate the value of e when
J = 10.

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2. Given that m ∝ and m = 8 when t = 2, express m in terms of t.
t

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3. Given that Q varies inversely with the square of x and Q = 10 when x = .Express Q in
2
terms of x.

g 32 128

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 r 1 h
4. The table shows the relation between two variables
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g and r. Given that g ∝ 2 , calculate the value of h.
r

5. Given that G varies inversely with the cube of y and G = 2 when y = 4 . Express G in
terms of y.

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6. Given that y varies inversely as the square root of q and y = when q = 81, express y
6
in terms of q.

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7. Given that P ∝ and P = 2 when y = 121. Given y = 16, calculate the value of P.
√y

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8. Given that y varies inversely as the cube of x and y = when x = 2, find the value of x
4
1
when y =
2

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9. Given that p varies inversely as the square root of w and p = when w = 16, write
2
an equation for the above relation.

y 1 W
12
x 2 5
10. Given y varies inversely as the square of x,
find the value of w.

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 11. Given that p varies inversely as the square
root of q, find the value of n. p n 1
6

q 64 144

12 . Determine if y varies inversely as x

(b) x 1 8 10 12
y 120 15 12 10

(c) x 1.5 3.0 4.5 6.0

Answers :
Inverse variation
16 5 1 128
1) 4 2) m= 3) Q = 2 4) ± 5) G= 3
t 2x 2 y

3 11 6 1
6) y =
2q
❑ 7)
2
8) √3 12 9) p =
√w
10)
75