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Write whether the following statement vary directly, vary inversely with each other, or neither of the two. Area of the walls of a room and the cost of white washing the walls. - Mathematics

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Write whether the following statement vary directly, vary inversely with each other, or neither of the two.

Area of the walls of a room and the cost of white washing the walls.

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Solution

Area of the walls of a room and the cost of whitewashing the walls are directly proportional to each other.

E.g. Let Rs 1000 required for whitewashing a room with (12 × 8) m size.

Then, Rs 2000 is required to whitewashing a room with (12 × 16) m size.

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Chapter 10: Direct and Inverse Proportions - Exercise [Page 322]

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NCERT Exemplar Mathematics [English] Class 8
Chapter 10 Direct and Inverse Proportions
Exercise | Q 61. (ii) | Page 322

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