SOLUTION: five farmers can plow a certain field in seven hours. how long will it take eight farmers to plow the same field? round to the nearest hundredth hour.
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Question 671496: five farmers can plow a certain field in seven hours. how long will it take eight farmers to plow the same field? round to the nearest hundredth hour.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1/5 as many farmers will take 5 times longer
to plow the same field
So, 1 farmer plows the field in hrs
8 farmers will take 1/8 of this time, or
hrs
8 farmers take 4.38 hrs to plow the field
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