Question
In a community of 800 people the rate at which a rumor spreads is jointly proportional to the number of people who have heard the rumor and the number of people who have not heard it. Given that the rumor is spreading at the rate of 20 people per hour when 200 people have heard it, how fast is the rumor spreading when 500 people have heard it?
Answers
If x have heard and y have not, and if r is the spread rate,
r = kxy
That is,
r/(xy) = k is constant. So, you want r such that
r/(500*300) = 20/(200*600)
r = kxy
That is,
r/(xy) = k is constant. So, you want r such that
r/(500*300) = 20/(200*600)
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