There are more than one way to do this: Here's one way: The least common multiple of 4 people and 3 people is 12 people. 12 people is 3 times as many people as 4 people, and 12 people is 4 times as many as 3 people. Since 4 people take 6 days, 3 times as many people take only one-third as long, or only 2 days. (since 2 is one-third of 6) Since 3 people is only one-fourth as many people as 12, it will take them 4 times as long as it would take 12 people, or 8 days. (since 4 times 2 is 8). Answer: 8 days --------- Or you can do it this way: Since 4 people take 6 days, their combined rate is 1/6 of a job per day. So one person's rate is 1/4 of that rate or 1/4 of 1/6 of a job per day, or 1/24 of a job per day. Then 3 people's rate will be 3 time 1/24 of a job per day, or 3/24 of a job per day. And 3/24 reduces to 1/8 of a job per day, so it will take them 8 days to complete the job. -------------------- Another way is: Workers times days = Workers times days 4 times 6 = 3 times X 24 = 3x 8 = x Edwin