Pearson Algebra 2 Common Core, 2011
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Exercise 6 Page 526

As the variable increases, does increase? Does decrease? What does plotting the points on a coordinate plane suggest?

Inverse variation

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We want to determine whether the relationship between the variables in the given table is a direct variation, an inverse variation, or neither.

We see that as increases, decreases. This might be an inverse variation relationship. Let's see what happens if we plot the points on a coordinate plane.