SOLUTION: Please solve this equation:The membership fee of a club varies inversely with the number of members.When there are 80 members the fee is #490.What is the fee when there are 56 memb

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Question 1022436: Please solve this equation:The membership fee of a club varies inversely with the number of members.When there are 80 members the fee is #490.What is the fee when there are 56 members
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Please solve this equation:The membership fee of a club varies inversely with the number of members.
When there are 80 members the fee is #490, what is the fee when there are 56 members ?
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The inverse proportion is

490%2Fx = 56%2F80.

From this proportion, the membership fee under the question is

x = %2880%2A490%29%2F56 = 700.