Orchestra Word Problem

5. An orchestra of 120 players takes 40 minutes to play Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. How long would it take for 60 players to play the symphony? Let P be number of players and T the time playing.

A worksheet asks how long 60 orchestra players would need to play Beethoven’s 9th Symphony if 120 players take 40 minutes. The joke is that the question treats playing time as dependent on the number of musicians, prompting an overly formal setup with P and T instead of recognizing that the symphony’s duration stays the same.

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