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प्रश्न
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.
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उत्तर
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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Rehman is making a wheel using spokes. He wants to fix equal spokes in such a way that the angles between any pair of consecutive spokes are equal. Help him by completing the following table:
| Number of spokes | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 |
| Angle between a pair of consecutive spokes |
90° | 60° | ... | ... | ... |
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| y | 20 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
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| y | 9 | 12 | 8 | 36 |
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