Question

Felix fencing company has bid on a fencing job that will take six workers 40 hours to complete the number of hours to complete the job y varies inversely with the number of workers X​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. k = 240

2. $y=\dfrac{240}{x}$

3. 30 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

1.  if y varies inversely:

$\implies y=\dfrac{k}{x}$

$\implies 40=\dfrac{k}{6}$

$\implies k=240$

2.

$\implies y=\dfrac{240}{x}$

3. If x = 8:

$\implies y=\dfrac{240}{8}=30$