Question

1000 rupees is to be equally divided among some persons. Is the amount each gets directly or inversely proportional to the number of persons?

Answer 1

Total amount = Rs.1000

Let the number of persons be n and the amount received by each person be Rs.a.

Amount received by each person =

⇒ a =

The above equation is of the form, where k is the constant of proportionality.

Here k = 1000

Thus, the amount received by each person is inversely proportional to the number of persons.