SOLUTION: If 20 people can construct a house in 30 days, how many people needed to construct the same house in 5 days?

Question 1127795: If 20 people can construct a house in 30 days, how many people needed to construct the same house in 5 days?

Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Six times the rate, so six times the number of people.
120 people
Answer by ikleyn(52802) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The construction requires 20*30 = 600 worker-days. To complete it in 5 days, you need = 120 workers. ANSWER

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