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Question
Write whether the following statement vary directly, vary inversely with each other, or neither of the two.
Number of students in a hostel and consumption of food.
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Solution
The number of students in a hostel and consumption of food are directly proportional to each other.
E.g. Let 200 students in a hostel can consume 100 kg of rice in a month.
Then, 400 students in a hostel can consume 200 kg of rice in a month.
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