Question

On a ski lift, the distance between chairs is inversely proportional to the number of chairs. At a
ski resort, one lift has 80 chairs spaced 16 meters apart. What is the constant of variation.
A.1280 B.5 C.1/5 D.1/1280

Answer 1

Constant of variation = number of chairs/ spacing.

80/16 = 5

The answer is B.5