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Question
Two quantities are said to vary ______ with each other if an increase in one causes a decrease in the other in such a manner that the product of their corresponding values remains constant.
Solution
Two quantities are said to vary inversely with each other if an increase in one causes a decrease in the other in such a manner that the product of their corresponding values remains constant.
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