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Problem 1:

The amount of money raised at a school

fundraiser is directly proportional to the
number of people who attend. Last year, the
amount of money raised for 100 attendees was
$2500. How much money will be raised if 1000
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people attend this year?

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Problem 2:

Brady bought an energy efficient washing

machine for her new apartment. If she saves
about 10 gallons of water per load, how many
gallons of water will she save if she washes 20
\ loads of laundry?

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Problem 3:

For the Choir fundraiser, the number of tickets

Allie can buy is inversely proportional to the
price of the tickets. She can afford 15 tickets
that cost $5 each. How many tickets can Allie
\ buy if each cost $3?

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Problem 4:

According to Hooke's Law, the force needed to

stretch a spring is proportional to the amount
the spring is stretched. If fifty pounds of
force stretches a spring five inches, how much
will the spring be stretched by a force of 120
\ pounds?

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Problem 5:
Kepler's third law of planetary motion states
that the square of the time required for a
planet to make one revolution about the sun
varies directly as the cube of the average
distance of the planet from the sun. If you
assume that Mars is 1.5 times as far from the
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sun as is the earth, find the approximate length
of a Martian year.
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Problem 6:

The weight of a body varies inversely as the

square of its distance from the center of the
earth. If the radius of the earth is 4000 miles,
how much would a 200-pound man weigh 1000
miles above the surface of the earth?
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Problem 7:

If 16 women working 7 hours day can paint a

mural in 48 days, how many days will it take 14
women working 12 hours a day to paint the same
mural?
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Problem 8:

The volume V of a gas varies inversely as the

pressure P on it. If the volume is 240cm3 under
pressure of 30 kg/cm2 , what pressure has to
be applied to have a volume of 160cm3 ?

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Problem 9:

The length of a violin string varies inversely as

the frequency of its vibrations. A violin string
14 inches long vibrates at a frequency of 450
cycles per second. Find the frequency of a
12 -inch violin string.
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