SOLUTION: It takes 5 hours for two washing machines to wash a fixed amount of laundry. How long would it take 10 washing machines to do the same job?
(The number of hourse varies inversely
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(The number of hourse varies inversely
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Question 662290: It takes 5 hours for two washing machines to wash a fixed amount of laundry. How long would it take 10 washing machines to do the same job?
(The number of hourse varies inversely as the number of washing machines)
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Hi,
It takes 5 hours for two washing machines to wash a fixed amount of laundry.
How long would it take 10 washing machines to do the same job?
1hr = x