Answer:
The workers will need 10 days to finish the job.
Step-by-step explanation:
To solve this question we can use a compound rule of three. We have:
10 road workers -> 5 days -> 2h/day
2 road workers -> x days -> 5h/days
The first thing we should do is analyze how the proportions between the variables work, if they're inversely or directly proportional. If we raise the number of workers we expect that the amount of days needed to finish the job lowers and if we raise the number of hours worked in a day we expect that the workers would need less days to finish the job. So we need to invert the fractions that are inversely proportional to the amount of days worked, then we have:
2 -> 5 -> 5
10-> x -> 2
x = (5*2*10)/(2*5) = 100/10 = 10 days
What number is least to greatest
2 solutions. This is because the parabola will cross the x axis twice. We know this because -5 means the vertex will be 5 units below the x axis. and the parabola opens upwards because the first coefficient is positive. Hope this helped :)
X could either be 4 or 5, depending on which x the question asks. If you have to chose one answer go with 5 because it's associated with the y.
