SOLUTION: Three people can pick all the apples from five trees in five hours. How long will it take five people?
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Question 393653: Three people can pick all the apples from five trees in five hours. How long will it take five people?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Three people can pick all the apples from five trees in five hours. How long will it take five people?
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time to pick all the apples is directly related to # of trees and inversely
related to # of people.
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time = kT/p
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Solve for "k" using "Three people can pick all the apples from five trees in five hours."
5 = k5/3
k = 3
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Equation for this problem:
time = 3T/p
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Problem: How long will it take five people?
t = 3*5/5
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Ans: 3 hrs
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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