Use the Law of Levers to solve the problem. Three friends pay $100 each to share a cottage on a camping trip. The cost per person varies inversely as the number of people on the camping trip. How many people would have to be on the trip to make the cost $60 per person?
Answer

6 people

4 people

5 people

How would you set up this problem?

Question

Use the Law of Levers to solve the problem. Three friends pay $100 each to share a cottage on a camping trip. The cost per person varies inversely as the number of people on the camping trip. How many people would have to be on the trip to make the cost $60 per person?
Answer
		
6 people
		
4 people
		
5 people

How would you set up this problem?

perl · Answer

law of levers?

anonymous · Answer

physics http://physics.weber.edu/carroll/archimedes/lever.htm

nurali · Answer

100/60 = x/3. 
100*3=60x
300=60x
x=300/60
x=5

anonymous · Answer

Thank you! That's how I set it up too I just wanted to make sure I wasn't completely doing it wrong.

nurali · Answer

My Pleasure.

perl · Answer

how does that use levers?

perl · Answer

@Nurali 
how does that use levers?

perl · Answer

what the flutter does this have to do with levers