SOLUTION: If it takes 9 women 12 hours to make 3 carpets, how long will it take 12 women to make 6 carpets?

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Question 876210: If it takes 9 women 12 hours to make 3 carpets, how long will it take 12 women to make 6 carpets?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let r be the one-person rate.
RT=J, rate, time, carpets, uniform rates equation for this making of carpets.

, and ; which is really two equations and two unknowns; but you only need to solve for t.
Second equation gives .
First equation gives .
Substitution:
, one and half hours.

Answer by MathTherapy(10557)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

If it takes 9 women 12 hours to make 3 carpets, how long will it take 12 women to make 6 carpets?

hours
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