Direct and Inverse Proportions













Ex 1 – Direct Proportion / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āώ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϤ

Q. If 6 pens cost ₹90, find the cost of 15 pens. āϝāĻĻāĻŋ 6 āϟāĻž āĻ•āϞāĻŽā§° āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ ₹90 āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ 15 āϟāĻž āĻ•āϞāĻŽā§° āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻš'āĻŦ ?


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ


Given / āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āφāϛ⧇ : 6 pens = ₹90, 15 pens = ₹ x


Since the number of pens increases, the cost also increases. (āĻ•āϞāĻŽā§° āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽā§‹ āĻŦāĻžāĻĸāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤)


Direct Proportion / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āώ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϤ


6/15 = 90 / x


Cross multiply: 6x = 15 × 90


                         6x = 1350 


                           


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ : Cost of 15 pens = ₹225


Shortcut Trick:


 Since 15 pens = 2.5 times 6 pens (15 āϟāĻž āĻ•āϞāĻŽ = 6 āϟāĻž āĻ•āϞāĻŽā§° 2.5 āϗ⧁āĻŖ)

6 × 2.5 = 15


Multiply the cost by 2.5


90 × 2.5 = 225


Ex 2 – Inverse Proportion / āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϤ

Q. 8 workers complete a work in 12 days. How many days will 12 workers take ? 8 āϜāύ āĻļā§ā§°āĻŽāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻāϟāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻŽ 12 āĻĻāĻŋāύāϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤ 12 āϜāύ āĻļā§ā§°āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻŋāĻŦ ?


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ


Given / āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āφāϛ⧇ : 8 workers = 12 days, 12 workers = x days


More workers means fewer days. (āĻļā§ā§°āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻ•āĻŽā§‡āĨ¤)


Inverse Proportion / āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϤ


Workers × Days = Constant


8 × 12 = 12 × x


 96 = 12x


 x = 96/12 = 8


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰


12 workers will complete the work in 8 days. (12 āϜāύ āĻļā§ā§°āĻŽāĻŋāϕ⧰ 8 āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻŋāĻŦāĨ¤)


Shortcut Trick: / āϚāĻŽā§ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ

Workers increase from 8 → 12


Multiply days by 8/12


12 × 8/12 = 8 


āĻļā§ā§°āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻ•āĻŽā§‡āĨ¤


Ex 3 – Direct Proportion / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āώ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϤ

Q. A car travels 120 km in 2 hours. How far will it travel in 5 hours at the same speed ? āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§€āϝāĻŧ⧇ 2 āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻžāϤ 120 km āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāϕ⧇ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāϞ⧇ 5 āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻžāϤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĻā§‚ā§° āϝāĻžāĻŦ ?


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ


Given / āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āφāϛ⧇ : 2 hours = 120 km, 5 hours = x km


More time means more distance. (āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻ“ āĻŦāĻžāĻĸāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤)


Direct Proportion / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āώ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϤ


120 / 2 = x / 5


Cross multiply: 120 × 5 = 2x 


                           600 = 2x



Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ : Distance(āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ) = 300 km


Shortcut Trick: / āϚāĻŽā§ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ

Speed = 120 ÷ 2 = 60 km/h


Distance = Speed × Time


60 × 5 = 300 km 


Rule 



  • Together ↑↑ = Direct Proportion (āĻĻ⧁āϝāĻŧā§‹āϟāĻž āĻāϕ⧇āϞāϗ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻĸāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻŽā§‡ = āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āώ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϤ)

  • Opposite ↑↓ = Inverse Proportion (āĻāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋāϞ⧇ āφāύāĻŸā§‹ āĻ•āĻŽā§‡ = āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϤ)