Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 2 - Section 2.8 - Modeling Using Variation - Exercise Set - Page 425: 36

Answer

The New Year seems to be $\frac{1}{3}rd$ of the original year.

Work Step by Step

Let the year time be $T$ and age be $A$. Thus, T=k/A Now, ${{A}_{1}}=3A$ and the new time ${{T}_{1}}$ is: $\begin{align} & {{T}_{1}}=\frac{k}{A_{1}^{{}}} \\ & {{T}_{1}}=\frac{k}{3A} \\ & {{T}_{1}}=\frac{k}{3A} \\ & {{T}_{1}}=\frac{1}{3}T \end{align}$.
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