SOLUTION: The time, in hours, it takes to decorate the school gym for a dance varies inversely as the number of students, , who are helping decorate. If a group of 7 students can decorate th
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Question 696669: The time, in hours, it takes to decorate the school gym for a dance varies inversely as the number of students, , who are helping decorate. If a group of 7 students can decorate the gym in 7 hours, which of the following equations best models the time, , it will take a group of students to decorate the gym?
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The time, in hours, it takes to decorate the school gym for a dance varies inversely as the number of students, , who are helping decorate.
t = , where
t = time in hrs
s = no. of students
k = constant of variation
:
If a group of 7 students can decorate the gym in 7 hours,
Find k
7 =
k = 49
: which of the following equations best models the time, , it will take a group of students to decorate the gym?
t =
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