SOLUTION: A student takes a part-time job to earn $6600 for summer travel. The number of hours,h, the student has to work is inversely proportional to the wage, w , in dollars per hour. Wri

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Question 1097942: A student takes a part-time job to earn $6600 for summer travel. The number of hours,h, the student has to work is inversely proportional to the wage, w , in dollars per hour.
Write an expression for the function h

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+h+=+6600%2Fw+
As w increases, h decreases. As w decreases, h increases.
In the graph below, w is plotted along the x axis, h along the y axis


+graph%28+500%2C+600%2C+-20%2C+40%2C++-200%2C+3000%2C+6600%2Fx+%29+