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Indirect variation: the numbers of red marbles = k/the square of blue marbles, where k is the coefficient of the variation.

4 = k/202

4 = k/400

1600 = k

Let the number of red marbles be x.

x = k/42

x = 1600/16

x = 100

Thus, if there were 4 blue marbles, would be 100 red marbles.

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Q: The number of red marbles varies inversely as the square of the number of blue marbles when there were 4 reds there were 20 blues How many reds would there be if there were only 4 blues?
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