SOLUTION: if four people can repair a vehicle in 5 1/2 hours, how many people working the same rate will it take to finish the job in 3 hours

Question 398361: if four people can repair a vehicle in 5 1/2 hours, how many people working the same rate will it take to finish the job in 3 hours
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if four people can repair a vehicle in 5 1/2 hours,
how many people working the same rate will it take to finish the job in 3 hours
:
Use man-hrs here
4 * 5.5 = 22 man-hrs to complete the job
:
let m = no. of men to complete the job in 3 hrs
3m = 22
m =
m = 7 men, maybe 6 men and boy
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