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Come up with and describe two scenarios: one that models a direct variation situation and one that models an inverse variation situation. Do not state explicitly which scenario is which, but provide at least four data pairs for each situation. Your classmates will have to determine which of the scenarios is a direct variation and which is an inverse variation, and the value of k for each.

Sure! I can help you with that.

To understand the difference between direct variation and inverse variation, let's start with their definitions:

1. Direct Variation: In a direct variation situation, two variables are said to be directly proportional to each other if an increase (or decrease) in one variable results in a corresponding increase (or decrease) in the other variable, and the ratio between the two variables remains constant. This can be represented by the equation y = kx, where y and x are the two variables and k is the constant of variation.

2. Inverse Variation: In an inverse variation situation, two variables are said to be inversely proportional to each other if an increase in one variable results in a corresponding decrease in the other variable, and the product of the two variables remains constant. This can be represented by the equation y = k/x, where y and x are the two variables and k is the constant of variation.

Now, let's create two scenarios without explicitly mentioning which is direct variation and which is inverse variation. I'll provide four data pairs for each scenario:

Scenario 1:
Data Pairs: (2, 8), (4, 16), (6, 24), (8, 32)

Scenario 2:
Data Pairs: (5, 20), (10, 10), (15, 6.67), (20, 5)

Based on these data pairs, your classmates will have to determine which scenario represents direct variation and which represents inverse variation, and also find the values of k for each scenario.

For Scenario 1, if they notice that as x increases, y increases proportionally (e.g. doubling x doubles y), then it is a direct variation. In this case, the value of k can be found by dividing any y-value by the corresponding x-value, such as k = 8/2 = 4.

For Scenario 2, if they observe that as x increases, y decreases proportionally (e.g. doubling x halves y), then it is an inverse variation. Here, the value of k can be found by multiplying any y-value by the corresponding x-value, such as k = 5*20 = 100.

This way, your classmates can determine the different variations and find the values of k for each scenario.