In this task, you are given a question and answer for that. The answer will fill in the blank or will complete the unfinished question. Your task is to provide an explanation based on the given question or fill-in-the-blank statement, and answer.

Question: If Jim has two variables that are part of an inverse relationship, what will happen to the second variable if he increases the first variable? 
 Answer: it decreases
In an inverse relationship, when one variable increases, the other variable decreases.

Question: Dean is trying to slide a rock down a hill using less input force. The slope of the hill that will be ideal for Dean is one that has a slope that is 
 Answer: gradual
The more gradual the slope of the inclined plane, the less input force is needed and the greater the mechanical advantage.

Question: Evan is picking up rocks on the beach. Some rocks are very basic small ones, and others are large, clumpy stones with different textures. The rocks that are less difficult to identify had amounts of metamorphism that were 
 Answer: less extreme

The more extreme the amount of metamorphism, the more difficult it is to tell what the original rock was.

