SOLUTION: If it takes a janitorial crew 6 h to clean a company’s offices, then in x hours the crew has completed how many number of the job

Question 1158827: If it takes a janitorial crew 6 h to clean a company’s offices, then in x hours the crew has completed how many number of the job
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, greenestamps:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
, n if for how much or many clean-an-office jobs. Solve for n, what the question asks for.
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

6 hours to do the whole job means 1/6 of the job in 1 hour.

x hours working means the fraction of the job that gets done is x times 1/6, or x/6.

ANSWER: x/6

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