Question

The number of fruit snacks available per student varies inversely with the number of students. There are 10 fruit snacks for each student when there are 6 students.

Which choice shows the inverse variation equation and the number of fruit snacks per student for 24 students?

Answer 1

240 fruit snacks

Explanation:

if there's 10 for every student you do 10 times 24 to get 240

Answer 2

The answer is = 2.5

Explanation:

As per the given condition, the number of fruit snacks varies inversely with the number of students. Hence, it can be written that,
`The number of fruit snack = (k)/(The number of students)`; where k is a constant.

It is given that for 6 students there are 10 fruit snacks.

Hence, k =
`10 * 6 = 60`

If the number of students will be 24 then, the number of fruit snacks will be =
`(60)/(24) = <strong>2.5</strong>`

The number of fruit snacks per student is 2.5 for 24 students.