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Given that y is inversely proportional to x, then they satisfy the following equation:
[tex]y=\frac{k}{x}[/tex]where k is the constant of proportionality.
Substituting with y = 18 and x = 9, we get:
[tex]\begin{gathered} 18=\frac{k}{9} \\ 18\cdot9=k \\ 162=k \end{gathered}[/tex]Therefore, the variation equation in terms of x is:
[tex]y=\frac{162}{x}[/tex]Substituting with x = 40, the value of y is:
[tex]\begin{gathered} y=\frac{162}{40} \\ y=4.05 \end{gathered}[/tex]