SOLUTION: The number of toys in the closet varies inversely with the number of children in the room. if there are 15 toys in the closet when there are three children in the room how many to
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Question 986564: The number of toys in the closet varies inversely with the number of children in the room. if there are 15 toys in the closet when there are three children in the room how many toys are in the closet 15 children are in the room?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the number of toys in the closet, and 
represent the number of children in the room.
is in the denominator because and are inversely proportional.
Calculate the value of 
when 
and 
.
Then use the calculated value of to find the value of when 
John
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