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  • Dec 12, 2010, 06:27 AM
    shannenn
    Please help.
    4 kitchen assistants can prepare 10 kg of vegatables in 45 minutes. How long would it take 15 assistants to prepare the same amount?
  • Dec 12, 2010, 10:05 AM
    Unknown008

    Seeing it at first, you might think about using simple proportions, but logic tells you that they should complete it in a lower period.

    This is a problem which requires inverse proportions.

    It is mainly in the form

    where y is the time and x is the number of assistants.

    Using the first piece of information, you can obtain the value of the constant k.

    Then, you use that constant k with the new asked number of assistants and solve for x, the time that they take. What do you get? :)

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