SOLUTION: The cost per person to rent a cottage in the Outer Banks is inversely proportional to the number of people who share the rent. If 7 people share and it costs $42 per person, fin

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Question 1171115: The cost per person to rent a cottage in the
Outer Banks is inversely proportional to the
number of people who share the rent. If 7
people share and it costs $42 per person, find
the constant of variation

Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
C=k/P, cost is C, people P.
42=k/7
k=294

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