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The cost per person for a school formal varies inversely with the number of people attending. When 90 people attended, the cost was $50 per person.How many people need to attend for the cost to be $30 per person?

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The cost per person for a school formal varies inversely with the number of people attending. When 90 people attended, the cost was 50perperson.Howmanypeopleneedtoattendforthecosttobe50 per person.How many people need to attend for the cost to be 30 per person?

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To solve this problem, we need to use the concept of inverse variation. When two quantities vary inversely, their product is constant. Let's denote the number of people attending by n n and the cost per person by C C . According to the problem, n×C=k n \times C = k , where k k is a constant.

Given:

  • When 90 people attended, the cost was $50 per person.

First, we find the constant k k : k=n×C k = n \times C k=90×50 k = 90 \times 50 k=4500 k = 4500

Now, we need to find the number of people (n n ) required for the cost to be $30 per person. Using the constant k k : k=n×30 k = n \times 30 4500=n×30 4500 = n \times 30

Solving for n n : n=450030 n = \frac{4500}{30} n=150 n = 150

Therefore, 150 people need to attend for the cost to be $30 per person.

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