SOLUTION: If 6 boys can build 24 birdhouses in 2 days, how long would it take 12 boys to build 120 birdhouses?

Question 1080411: If 6 boys can build 24 birdhouses in 2 days, how long would it take 12 boys to build 120 birdhouses?
Answer by ikleyn(52878) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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"If 6 boys can build 24 birdhouses in 2 days," it means that the rate of work is 

 = 2 birdhouses per one boy per day.


Now it should be clear to you that the answer to your question is

 = 5 days.

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