SOLUTION: three people painting a wall takes 2.5 hours. how many hours does it take for five people to paint the wall?

Question 351851: three people painting a wall takes 2.5 hours. how many hours does it take for five people to paint the wall?
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Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
three people painting a wall takes 2.5 hours.
how many hours does it take for five people to paint the wall?
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We can use man-hrs here
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3*2.5 = 7.5 man-hrs to complete the job
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Let t = time for 5 to do it
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5t = 7.5
t =
t = 1.5 hrs for 5 to complete the job
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

If three people take 2.5 hours, then one person would take 3 times as long, or 7.5 hours, and then 5 people would take 1/5 of that, or 1.5 hours.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

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