document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1012887>Question 1012887</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The number of gallons of coffee a mathematician drinks on any given day is inversely proportional to how much sleep he gets the night before. On Monday, he got 9 hours of sleep and drank 2 gallons of coffee. On Tuesday, he got 6 hours of sleep. How many gallons of coffee did he drink? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #628999 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=addingup><B>addingup(3677)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=addingup><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=addingup><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=628999\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> y= k/x where y is the amount of coffee, k is the constant, and x the hours of sleep.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's first find our constant, we know that for 9 hours sleep he drank 2 gallon:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2= k/9 multiply both sides by 9:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "k= 18 this is our constant.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now let's find y (the number of gallon)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y= 18/x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y= 18/6 = 3 gallon </SPAN>\n" );
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