SOLUTION: If 12 men mow a field of 40 acres in 8 days working 10 hours a day how many days will it take 20 men to mow a field of 60 acres working at 6 hours a day? I'm having5.3 as my answer
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Question 800893: If 12 men mow a field of 40 acres in 8 days working 10 hours a day how many days will it take 20 men to mow a field of 60 acres working at 6 hours a day? I'm having5.3 as my answer please help me thank you.
Found 2 solutions by ankor@dixie-net.com, stanbon:
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If 12 men mow a field of 40 acres in 8 days working 10 hours a day
Find how many man-hrs required to mow 1 acre
= 24 man-hrs per acre (Must be doing it by hand)
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how many days will it take 20 men to mow a field of 60 acres working at 6 hours a day?
let d = no. of days to do this
20*6*d = 60 * 24
120d = 1440
d = 1440/120
d = 12 days
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I'm not sure how you got 5.3 hrs
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
d = k*a/(m*h)
Solve for "k" using "12 men mow a field of 40 acres in 8 days working 10 hours a day"
8 = k*40/(12*10)
k = 24
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Equation:
d = 16*a/(m*h)
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how many days will it take 20 men to mow a field of 60 acres working at 6 hours a day?
days = 16*60/(20*6)
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days = 8
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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