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Last semester, Mr. Dean had 8 students who built a sailboat in 160 working hours. The time that

takes for a group of students to build a sailboat varies inversely as the number of students s working on the
sailboat. How many hours would it take 12 students to build the bout?

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Answer:

106.67 hours

Explanation:

Total hours

160 * 8 = 1,280

Hours for group of 12

1280 / 12 = 106.6666666667

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