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Question 32195This question is from textbook College Algebra
: In the short growing season of the Canadian arctic territory of Nunavut, some gardners find it possible to grow gigantic cabbages in the midnight sun. Assume that the final size of a cabbage is proportional to the amount of nutrients it receives, and inversely proportional to the number of other cabbages surrounding it. A cabbage that received 20 oz. of nutrients and had 12 other cabbages around it grew to 30 lb. What size would it grow to if it had received 10 oz. of nutrients and had only 5 cabbage "neighbors"?
I tried 30=20/12 trying to find a constant to match x = 10/5
Thanks so much for all your help! This question is from textbook College Algebra

Answer by Paul(988) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
12x=20(30x)
12=600x
x=0.02
Let the soultion be y
y=0.02(10(5))
y=1
Hence, it would be about 1 size.
Paul.