Algebra 1

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0133500403
ISBN 13: 978-0-13350-040-0

Chapter 11 - Rational Expressions and Functions - 11-6 Inverse Variation - Lesson Check - Page 690: 6

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The graph of an inverse variation never passes through the origin because an equation for inverse variation of variables x and y is xy = k for some nonzero constant k. If x and y are 0, then the product xy will not be a nonzero constant.
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