True or false: workers and time
Exercise and reference answers
- Questions
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- More workers means less time for a fixed job.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- Workers and time are in inverse proportion.
- Statement is true
- No
- Statement
- Doubling the workers doubles the time.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- Doubling the workers halves the time.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- Workers multiplied by days stays constant for a fixed job.
Explanation
The job is fixed, so workers and time multiply to a constant. Source: syllabus Maths, Ch 11 Direct and Inverse Proportions.