SOLUTION: if 4 men or 6 women can build a house in 56 days. how many days can 2 men and 5 women complete the same task

Question 1042878: if 4 men or 6 women can build a house in 56 days. how many days can 2 men and 5 women complete the same task
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Notice the "or".
One whole job is 1.

one man rate,
one woman rate,
Those rates as HOUSE/TIME or HOUSE/DAYS

Two equations from first sentence:

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Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

if 4 men or 6 women can build a house in 56 days. how many days can 2 men and 5 women complete the same task

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