SOLUTION: If 5 boys take 7 hours to pack 35 toys, how many boys can pack 65 toys in 3 hours?
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Question 879666: If 5 boys take 7 hours to pack 35 toys, how many boys can pack 65 toys in 3 hours?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
35 boy hours for 35 toys
1 boy hour per toy
65 toys need 65 boy hours
65 boys could pack 65 toys in 1 hour
65/3 boys could pack 65 toys in 3 hours
so we have 65/3=31 2/3
boys don't come in 2/3 's .
So to get the job done we need 32 boys.
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