Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Which of the following are in inverse proportion?
The number of workers on a job and the time to complete the job.
Advertisements
Solution
If the number of people working is reduced, then it will take more time to complete the work. Hence, it is in inverse proportion.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Which of the following are in inverse proportion?
Area of cultivated land and the crop harvested
A farmer has enough food to feed 20 animals in his cattle for 6 days. How long would the food last if there were 10 more animals in his cattle?
Find the constant of variation from the table given below:
| x | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| y | 12 | 20 | 28 | 36 |
Set up a table and solve the following problems. Use unitary method to verify the answer.
It x and y vary inversely, fill in the following blank:
| x | 9 | ... | 81 | 243 |
| y | 27 | 9 | ... | 1 |
Which of the following quantities vary inversely as other?
The number of x men hired to construct a wall and the time y taken to finish the job.
Mohanrao took 10 days to finish a book, reading 40 pages every day. How many pages must be read in a day to finish it in 8 days?
If two quantities p and q vary inversely with each other then ______ of their corresponding values remains constant.
In case of inverse proportion, `a_2/- = b_2/-`
The variable x is inversely proportional to y. If x increases by p%, then by what per cent will y decrease?
Two persons could fit new windows in house in 3 days.
How many persons would be needed to fit the windows in one day?
