Inverse Proportion
Inverse Proportion: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Inversely Proportional Relationship between Two Quantities, Inverse Proportion, Inverse Relationships which are Not Proportional & Applications of Indirect Proportions in Real Life etc.
Important Questions on Inverse Proportion
If men can complete a work in days. How many men will complete the same work in days?

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A cashier in a bank can count notes in one minute. A counting machine can do the same job in seconds. If they work together, how long does it take to count notes?

A tap fill of a tank in . Another tap empties of the tank in . If both of the taps are open together, then find the time when the tank will get filled completely.

A tap fill of a tank in hour. Another tap empties of the tank in hour. If both of the taps are opened together, then find the time when the tank will get filled completely.

If persons can build a long wall in days, how many persons will build long wall in days

A bookseller has enough money to buy books worth each. How many books he will be able to buy if he get a discount of on each book.

5 men or 10 women can complete a work in 6 days. How many days it would take for 1 man and 4 women to complete that work?

Minti can do a piece of work in days. Minti and Rinki together can together finish the work in days. Find the work left if Rinki alone works on it for days

Minti can do a piece of work in days. Minti and Rinki together can together finish the work in days. Find the number of days in which Rinki alone can finish the work.

A garrison of soldiers in a fort has food-stuffs for weeks. How many soldiers can be fed with the same amount of food-stuffs for weeks if the daily ration per head is reduced in the ratio ?

Mona types 45 words per minute and takes 15 minutes to complete typing a particular document. If Shruthi has a typing speed of 30 words per minute, the time she will take to type the same document will be _____minutes.

The volume occupied by a piece of steel of density 7850 kg / $ {m}^{3}$ is 9 $ {m}^{3}$. The volume occupied by cotton of density 450 kg / $ {m}^{3}$, if it has the same mass will be _____$ {m}^{3}$.

The higher the speed of a car, the lesser time it takes to reach its destination. What example of variation can be seen here?

What is the correct equation that relates ‘x’ and ‘y’ inversely, when y = 3 and x = 8.32?

Which variation does the equation xy = 8 represent?

Sowmya wants to distribute 3 dozen cupcakes on her birthday, among 12 of her friends. The number of friends who are going to come to her party increases to 18. What variation will Sowmya follow between the number of cupcakes per person versus the number of friends attending the party?

A camp had provisions for soldiers for days. After days, more soldiers arrived and the remaining provisions lasted for days. How many soldiers joined the camp?

and can complete a work in days. If and can complete the same work in days and alone in days, then in how many days can and finish the work? Write the answer in mixed fraction.

boys or girls can do a science project in days. How long will it take for boys and girls to do the same project?

A man takes days to finish a job where as a woman takes days to finish the same job. Together they worked for days and then the woman left. In how many days will the man complete the remaining job?
