Stage 22 · Inverse-Proportion Functions

22.5.3 Situations in Work and Economics

22.5 Inverse-Proportion Functions in the Real World

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22.5.3 Situations in Work and Economics

Core idea

With a fixed total amount of work, more people means each does less, so use y=k/x to plan out the resources.

Module goal. Use the inverse-proportion model to describe real quantities whose product stays fixed, building the model, solving it, and respecting the limits on the domain.
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