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The total remuneration paid to laborers, employed to harvest soybeans is indirect variation with the number of laborers. If remuneration of 4 laborers is Rs1000, find the remuneration of 17 laborers.

It is given that the total remuneration paid to laborers, employed to harvest soybeans is direct variation with the no. of laborers.



Remuneration of 4 labourers


Remuneration of 1 labour


Remuneration of 17 labourers




ALTERNATIVE METHOD


Total remuneration of 4 laborers is Rs 1000.



Remuneration of 17 laborers


To get the number of laborers to be 17, the present number of laborers will be multiplied by


Since total remuneration is in direct variation with the number of laborers total remuneration will also get times.




∴ Remuneration of 17 labourers


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