In a company, it takes 4 employees 4 days to complete a task. It would take 2 employees 8 days to complete the same task.

Which function can be used to represent e, the number of employees working on the task, and d, the number of days it takes them to complete that task?

A. direct variation; d = ke

B. direct variation; de = k

C. inverse variation; d = ke

D. inverse variation; de = k

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Joshua Morris

Mathematics

7 August, 19:38

In a company, it takes 4 employees 4 days to complete a task. It would take 2 employees 8 days to complete the same task.

Which function can be used to represent e, the number of employees working on the task, and d, the number of days it takes them to complete that task?

A. direct variation; d = ke

B. direct variation; de = k

C. inverse variation; d = ke

D. inverse variation; de = k

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Ezra Fowler · Answer 1

The correct answer would be D. The function that would represent the system above would be de=k which is an inverse variation of d and e. When you calculate for the k for both the conditions, you will get a constant value of 16 so it should be the correct function.