SOLUTION: four boys can build a fort in 6 hours. how many hours would it take 5 boys to build the exact same fort?
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Question 887192: four boys can build a fort in 6 hours. how many hours would it take 5 boys to build the exact same fort?
Answer by JulietG(1812) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The fort takes four boys * six hours, or 24 man-hours to build.
If 5 boys are building it, it still takes 24 man-hours, now distributed among 5 boys.
=4.8 hours
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