SOLUTION: On an assembly line, five workers take six hours to complete a job. How long will it take two workers?
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Question 544462: On an assembly line, five workers take six hours to complete a job. How long will it take two workers?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5 workers take 6 hours to do 1 job
1/5 as many workers will take 5 times longer,
or 30 hours, so
1 worker takes 30 hours to do 1 job
2 workers can do the job in half the time, so
2 workers take 15 hours to do 1 job
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