SOLUTION: Ten men working six hours a day takes 12 days to complete the job.How long will it take eight men working 12 hours a day to complete the same job?

Question 1094391: Ten men working six hours a day takes 12 days to complete the job.How long will it take eight men working 12 hours a day to complete the same job?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39615) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The ten men group work 72 hours to do 1 job.
The eight men group work some 12x hours to do 1 job; using x for how many days.

r, the rate of work of any one man

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