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Question
Write whether the following statement vary directly, vary inversely with each other, or neither of the two.
The number of people working and the time to complete a given work.
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Solution
The number of people working and the time to complete a given work are inversely proportional to each other.
E.g. Let 20 workers can complete a work in 1 day.
Then, 10 workers can complete the same work in 2 days.
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