MATHEMATICS 9 which they find too much for their monthly budget.

How many students will

Variation they need to share the rent with so that each will pay only Php 1250 a month?
Direct Variation 2) At 60 km per hour it takes Loida 10 hours to travel from her house to their
A. Word Problems house in the province. How long will it take her if she travels at 80 km an
1) The circumference of a circle varies directly as its diameter. If the circumference hour?
of a circle having a diameter of 7 is 7 ∏ cm, what is the circumference of the circle 3) The ten administrative staff of a school decided to tour the nearby towns of
whose diameter is 10 cm, 15 cm, 18 cm and 20cm? Laguna on a particular day. They decided to hire a van for Php 4000. Two days
2) The amount of paint p needed to paint the walls of a room varies directly as the before the trip, two of the staff were assigned to attend a seminar and so could
area of the wall. If 2 gallons of paint is needed to paint a 40 sq. meter wall, how no longer join the trip. How much would each share for the van rental?
many gallons of paint are needed to paint a wall with an area of 100 sq. meters? B. Find the missing value.
3) A teacher charges Php 500 per hour of tutorial services to a second year high 1) If y varies inversely as x and y = 3 when x = 4, find y when x = 6.
school student. If she spends 3 hours tutoring per day, how much would she 2) If r varies inversely as s and r = 100 when s = 27, find the value of r when s =
receive in 20 days? 45.
4) Jessie uses 20 liters of gasoline to travel 200 kilometers, how many liters of 3) If p varies inversely as the square of q and p = 3 when q = 4, find p when q = 16.
gasoline will he use on a trip? 4) If y varies inversely as x and y = - 2 when x = - 8, find x when y = 2.
5) The shadow of an object varies directly as its height. A man 1.8 m tall casts a 5) If w varies inversely as y and w = 2 when y = 3, find w when y = 6
shadow 4.32 m long. If at the same time a flagpole casts a shadow 12.8 long, how
high is the flagpole? JOINT VARIATION
B. Find the missing value. Example:
1) If y = 12 when x = 4, find y when x = 12. 1) Find the equation of variation where a varies jointly as b and c, and a = 36 when
2) If y = - 18 when x = 9, find y when x = 7. b = 3 and c = 4.
3) If y = - 3 when x = - 4, find x when y = 2. 2) z varies jointly as x and y. If z = 16 when x = 4 and y = 6, find the constant of
4) If y = 3 when x = 10, find x = when y = 1.2. variation and the equation of the relation.
5) If y = 2.5 when x = 0.25, find y when x = 0.75. 3) z varies jointly as x and y and z = 60 when x = 5 and y = 6,
a. find z when x = 7 and y = 6
Inverse Variation b. find x when z = 72 and y = 4
Example: c. find y when z = 80 and x = 4
1) Find the equation and solve for k: y varies inversely as x and y = 6 when x = 18. 4) The amount of gasoline used by a car varies jointly as the distance travelled and
2) If y varies inversely as x and y = 10 when x = 2, find y when x = 10. the square root of the speed. Suppose a car used 25 liters on a 100 km trip at
3) The number of days needed in repairing a house varies inversely as the number 100 km/hr. About how many liters will it use on a 192 km trip at 64 km/hr?
of men working. It takes 15 days for 2 men to repair the house. How many A. Word Problems
men are needed to complete the job in 6 days? 1) The area of a triangle varies jointly as the base and the height. A triangle with a
A. Word Problems base of 8 cm and a height of 9 cm has an area of 36 square cm. Find the area
1) Two college students decided to rent an apartment near the school where they when base is 10 cm and the height is 7 cm.
are studying. The nearest and cheapest apartment costs Php 5000 a month, 2) The volume of a right circular cylinder varies jointly as the height and the
square of the radius. The volume of a right circular cylinder, with radius 4 cm
 and height 7 cm is 112 ∏ cm3. Find the volume of another cylinder with radius 2) The acceleration of an object varies directly as the force f exerted and inversely
8 cm and height of 14 cm. as its mass. If the constant of variation is 1, find the acceleration in
3) The mass of a rectangular sheet of wood varies jointly as the length and the meters/second2 of a 10 kg object exerting a force of 10 Newtons.
width. When the length is 20 cm and the width is 10 cm, the mass is 200 3) The force of attraction, F of a body varies directly as its mass and inversely as
grams. Find the mass when the length is 15 cm and width is 10 cm. the square of the distance from the body. When m = 8 kg and d = 5 meters, F =
B. Find the missing value. 100 Newtons. Find F when m = 2 kg and d = 15 meters.
1) z varies jointly as x and y. If z = 3 when x = 3 and y – 15, find z when x = 6 and y 4) The maximum load m of a beam varies directly as the breadth and the square of
= 9. the depth and inversely as the length. If a beam 3.6 m long, 1.2 m wide and 2.4
2) z varies jointly as the square root of the product of x and y. If z = 3 when x = 3 m deep can safely bear a load up to 909 kg, find the maximum safe load for a
and y = 12, find x when z = 6 and y = 64. beam of the same material which is 3m long, 6m wide and 1.8 m deep.
3) d varies jointly as h and g. If d = 15 when h = 14 and g = 5, find g when h = 21 B. Find the missing value.
and d = 8. 1) p varies directly as q and the square of r and inversely as s.
4) q varies jointly as r and s. If q = 2.4, when r = 0.6 and s = 0.8, find q when r = a. Find k if p = 40 when q = 5, r = 4 and s = 6.
1.6 and s = 0.01. b. Find p when q = 8, r = 6 and s= 9.
5) x varies jointly as w, y and z. If x = 18 when w = 2, y = 6 and z = 5, find x when c. Find s when p = 10, q = 5 and r = 2.
w = 5, y = 12 and z = 3. 2) W varies directly as x and y and inversely as v2 and w = 1200 when x = 4, y = 9
and v = 6. Find w when x = 3, y = 12 and v = 9.
COMBINED VARIATION 3) Suppose p varies directly as b2 and inversely as s3. If p = ¾ when b = 6 and s =
Example 2, find b when p = 6 and s = 4.
1) If z varies directly as x and inversely as y, and z = 9 when x = 6 and y = 2, find z 4) If x varies as the square of y and inversely as z and x = 12 when y = 3 and z = 6,
when x = 8 and y = 12. find x when y = 9 and z = 6.
2) If r varies directly as s and inversely as the square of u, and r = 2 when s = 18
and u = 2, find:
a. r when u = 3 and s = 27
b. s when u = 2 and r = 4
c. u when r = 1 and s = 36
3) The current I varies directly as the electromotive force E and inversely as the
resistance R. If in a system a current of 20 amperes flows through a resistance
of 20 ohms with an electromotive force of 100 volts, find the current that 150
volts will send through the system.
A. Word Problems
1) The electrical resistance of a wire varies directly as its length and inversely as
the square of its diameter. If a wire 30 meters long and 0.75 mm in diameter
has a resistance of 25 ohms, find the length of a wire of the same material
whose resistance and diameter are 30 ohms and 1.25 mm, respectively.