KINDS OF VARIATION

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QUIZ
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IDENTIFY WHAT
KIND OF VARIATION
SHOULD BE USED IN
EACH WORD
PROBLEM.
1. If more than two variables
are related directly or one
variable changes with the
change product of two or
more variables it is called as
_________ variation.
2. Eduardo counted ten seconds
between seeing lightning and hearing
thunder, and he knew that the
lightning was about 2 miles away. If he
counted four seconds between the next
flash of lightning and
thunder, about how far away was the
lightning?
3. A rectangle’s length is 6 m
and width is 4 m. If length is
doubled and width is halved,
how much the perimeter will
increase or decrease?
4. If 30 men can reap a field
in 12 days, in how many
days can 8 men reap the
same field?
5. At top speed, a rabbit can cover
7 miles in 12 minutes. If a rabbit
could continue at this rate
indefinitely, how long would it
take the rabbit to cross the 220-
mile expanse of the Mojave
Desert?
6. The surface area of a
square surface (A is
directly proportional to
the square of either
side (x).
7. The electrical
resistance of a wire varies
directly as its length and
inversely as the square of
its diameter.
8. A truck covers a particular
distance in 2 hours with a speed of
40 miles per hour. If the speed is
increased by 10 miles per hour,
find the time taken by the truck to
cover the same distance?
9. A dishwasher uses 65
gallons of water to wash 5
loads of dishes. How many
gallons of water would be
used to wash 12 loads?
10. If the kinetic energy of a
3 kg ball traveling 12 m/s is
216 Joules, how is the mass
of a ball that generates 250
Joules of energy when
traveling at 10 m/s?
11. 12 taps having the same
rate of flow, fill a tank in 24
minutes. If three taps go out
of order, how long will the
remaining taps take to fill
the tank?
12. If 20 volunteers can
wash 100 cars in 2.5 hours,
find the constant of variation
and find out how many cars
30 volunteers can wash in 3
hours.
13. At top speed, a rabbit can cover
7 miles in 12 minutes. If a rabbit
could continue at this rate
indefinitely, how long would it
take the rabbit to cross the 220-
mile expanse of the Mojave
Desert?
14. If four men can
assemble 12 machines in
four hours, how many men
are needed to assemble 36
machines in eight hours?
15. 60 patients in a hospital
consume 1200 liters of milk
in 30 days. At the same rate,
how many patients will
consume 1440 liters in 28
days?
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