SOLUTION: It takes 8 men 9 days to lay out a garden how long will it take 6 men to lay out similar garden if they work at the same rate?
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Question 873165: It takes 8 men 9 days to lay out a garden how long will it take 6 men to lay out similar garden if they work at the same rate?
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, richwmiller:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If 8 men take 9 days, then 1/4
of the number of men will take
4 times as long, so
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2 men take 36 days to lay out the garden
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3 times as many men can do this job in
1/3 of the time, so
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6 men take 12 days to lay out the garden
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
8*9=72 man days
72/6=12 days for 6 men
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