document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1171182>Question 1171182</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if the time (T) it takes to plant rice in an acre varies inversely as the number of the farm workers (W). <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) if 18 workers can plant rice in a certain number of acres in 3 days, how long will it take 12 workers to plant rice in the same number of acre? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(b) what happens to the time if the number of worker decrease? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(a)  The entire job is  18*3 = 54 worker-days.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     12 workers will complete it in  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=54%2F12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"54%2F12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 4 <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > days = 4.5 days.   <U>ANSWER</U>   <<<---===  edited after the notice by @greenestamps\r\n" );
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document.write( "                                                                    Thanks to @greenestamps (!)\r\n" );
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document.write( "(b)  If the number of worker decreases, the time to complete the job increases.    <U>ANSWER</U>\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solved.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You will find there many similar and more complicated problems on joint work with solutions and explanations.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Happy learning (!)\r<BR>\n" );
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