SOLUTION: 6 men take 2 days to paint a house. how long would 2 men take to do the painting ?
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Question 599530: 6 men take 2 days to paint a house. how long would 2 men take to do the painting ?
Found 2 solutions by htmentor, w_parminder:
Answer by htmentor(1343) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
6 men take 2 days to paint a house. how long would 2 men take to do the painting ?
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The job takes 6 man * 2 days = 12 man-days to complete
Therefore, it would take 12 man-days/2 man = 6 days to complete the job
Answer by w_parminder(53) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In case of inverse variation,
If X men can do a job in Y days &
if W man can do the same job in Z days,
then we have X*Y = W*Z
this formula can be used in this problem,
6 men do the job in 2 days,
Let 2 men do the same job in X days
So 6*2 = 2*X
Solving this we get X = 6
So 2 men take 6 days to do the job (painting)
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