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**Sillysidley** · 11-22-2006

if your teacher asks u how u got the second one, it is an in verse variation ( as the # of people go up, then the days of food goes down).

That means that the product of 24 and 20 must equal the product of 36 (20+16) and the days of food

24*20/36=12

Simple

11-22-2006	#3
Sillysidley Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 822	if your teacher asks u how u got the second one, it is an in verse variation ( as the # of people go up, then the days of food goes down). That means that the product of 24 and 20 must equal the product of 36 (20+16) and the days of food 24*20/36=12 Simple __________________ .