SOLUTION: It takes 5 hours for two washing machines to wash a fixed amount of laundry. How long would it take 10 washing machines to do the same job? (The number of hourse varies inversely

Question 662290: It takes 5 hours for two washing machines to wash a fixed amount of laundry. How long would it take 10 washing machines to do the same job?
(The number of hourse varies inversely as the number of washing machines)
Answer

Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

 

Hi,

It takes 5 hours for two washing machines to wash a fixed amount of laundry.

 How long would it take 10 washing machines to do the same job?

 

  1hr = x 

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