Problem

9 A craft artist is producing items and selling them in a local market.
The selling price, £P, of an item is inversely proportional to the number of items produced, n
9 (a) When n=10,P=24
Show that P=240n
[1 mark]
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9 (b) The production cost, £C, of an item is inversely proportional to the square of the number of items produced, n
When n=10,C=60
Find the set of values of n for which P>C
[4 marks]

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\boxed{0<n<25}\)

Steps

Step 1 :Pn=k

Step 2 :24×10=k

Step 3 :k=240

Step 4 :P=240n

Step 5 :Cn2=k

Step 6 :60×102=k

Step 7 :k=6000

Step 8 :C=6000n2

Step 9 :P>C

Step 10 :240n>6000n2

Step 11 :n2>25n

Step 12 :n225n>0

Step 13 :n(n25)>0

Step 14 :\boxed{0

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