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Indicate in which one of the following equations <math> y</math> is neither directly nor inversely proportional to <math> x</math>: | Indicate in which one of the following equations <math> y</math> is neither directly nor inversely proportional to <math> x</math>: | ||
| − | <math> \textbf{(A)}\ x | + | <math> \textbf{(A)}\ x + y = 0 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 3xy = 10 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ x = 5y \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 3x + y = 10</math> |
| − | <math> \textbf{(E)}\ \frac {x}{y} | + | <math> \textbf{(E)}\ \frac {x}{y} = \sqrt {3}</math> |
== Solution == | == Solution == | ||
Revision as of 20:16, 30 April 2015
Problem
Indicate in which one of the following equations 
is neither directly nor inversely proportional to 
:
Solution
Notice that for any directly or inversely proportional values, it can be expressed as 
or 
. Now we try to convert each into its standard form counterpart.
$\textbf{(A)}\ x \plus{} y \equal{} 0\implies \frac{x}{y}=-1$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)
$\textbf{(B)}\ 3xy \equal{} 10\implies xy=\frac{10}{3}$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)
$\textbf{(C)}\ x \equal{} 5y\implies \frac{x}{y}=5$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)
$\textbf{(E)}\ \frac {x}{y} \equal{} \sqrt {3}\implies \frac {x}{y} \equal{} \sqrt {3}$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)
As we can see, the only equation without a "standard" form is 
, so our answer is $\boxed{\textbf{(D)}\ 3x \plus{} y \equal{} 10}$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)
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