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A factory requires 42 machines to produce a given number of articles in 63 days. How many machines would be required to produce the same number of articles in 54 days?

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NCERT Solutions for Class 8 Mathematics Chapter 13
Important NCERT Questions
Direct and Inverse Proportions Chapter 8 Exercise 13.2
NCERT Books for Session 2022-2023
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  1. Let the number of machines required be x.
    Days 63 54
    Machines 42 x
    Here, the number of machines and the number of days are in inverse proportion.
    ∴ 63/54 = x/42 ⇒ xX54=63×42 ⇒ x=63×42/54 = 49
    Hence, 49 machines would be required.

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