SOLUTION: if 6 men can dig a ditch in 4 days,how many mens can dig the same ditch in 3 days

Question 1101827: if 6 men can dig a ditch in 4 days,how many mens can dig the same ditch in 3 days
Found 2 solutions by Boreal, greenestamps:
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
6 men dig a ditch in 4 days
they dig (1/4) ditch in a day.
In 3 days, they dig 3/4 a ditch.
If there are 4/3 the number of men, they would dig a full ditch in 3 days
That would be 6*(4/3)=8 men.
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

There are tons of different ways to solve this kind of problem. I hope you get several solutions from different tutors so you can find the method that "works" best for you.

Here is my preference for solving this problem.

The amount of time has been reduced by a factor of 3/4; that means the number of men must be increased by a factor of 4/3. Then

It will take 8 men to do the job in 3 days.
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