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the force needed to break a board varies inversely with its length. If tom uses 20lb of pressure to break a 1.5 -ft board, how many pounds of pressure would he need to use to break a 6 -ft board

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[tex]\qquad \qquad \textit{inverse proportional variation} \\\\ \textit{\underline{y} varies inversely with \underline{x}} ~\hspace{6em} \stackrel{\textit{constant of variation}}{y=\cfrac{\stackrel{\downarrow }{k}}{x}~\hfill } \\\\ \textit{\underline{x} varies inversely with }\underline{z^5} ~\hspace{5.5em} \stackrel{\textit{constant of variation}}{x=\cfrac{\stackrel{\downarrow }{k}}{z^5}~\hfill } \\\\[-0.35em] ~\dotfill[/tex]

[tex]\stackrel{\textit{"f" varies inversely with "L"}}{f=\cfrac{k}{L}}\qquad \textit{we also know that} \begin{cases} f=\stackrel{lbs}{20}\\ L=\stackrel{ft}{1.5} \end{cases} \\\\\\ 20=\cfrac{k}{1.5}\implies 30=k~\hfill \boxed{f=\cfrac{30}{L}} \\\\\\ \textit{when L = 6, what is "f"?}\qquad f=\cfrac{30}{6}\implies f=5[/tex]

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