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When a company runs all 50 of its machines, it takes 72 hours to finish a job. If the company only runs 30 of its machines, it takes 120 hours to finish the same job. An equation for the inverse variation between the number of machines, x, the company runs and the time, y, in hours, it takes to finish the job is y=k/x . What is the value of K?

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Answer: 3600

Step-by-step explanation: If y = k/x is the formula, solving for k gives xy = k, so 72(50) = 3600; or 30(120) = 3600.

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