SOLUTION: 4 people can paint 3 walls in 46 minutes. How many minutes will it take for 9 people to paint 6 walls? Round to the nearest minute.

Question 604667: 4 people can paint 3 walls in 46 minutes.
How many minutes will it take for 9 people to paint 6 walls? Round to the nearest minute.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
4 people can paint 3 walls in 46 minutes.
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Find the number or man-minutes per wall
= 61 man-min per wall
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How many minutes will it take for 9 people to paint 6 walls?
let m = no. of minutes for 9 men to do this
9m = 6(61)
9m = 368
m = 368/9
m = 41 minutes for 9 men to paint 6 walls

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