Question

Please help! the number of candies consumed varies inversely with the number of children present

Answer 1

The answer is

210 candies

Explanation:

Let n represent the number of children

Let c represent the number of candies

The above variation is written as

`c = (k)/(n)`

when n = 12 c = 140

So we have

`140 = (k)/(12)`

Cross multiply

That's

k = 1680

So the formula for the variation is

`c = (1680)/(n)`

when n = 8

`c = (1680)/(8)`

c = 210

Therefore there are 210 candies consumed when there are 8 children

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