SOLUTION: If 12 men do a piece of work in 80 days. In how many days will 16 men do it?
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Question 934161: If 12 men do a piece of work in 80 days. In how many days will 16 men do it?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If 12 men do a piece of work in 80 days. In how many days will 16 men do it?
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# of days and # of men are inversely related:
d = k/m
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solve for "k" using "12 men do a piece of work in 80 days"::
80 = k/12
k = 960
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Equation:
d = 960/m
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In how many days will 16 men do it?
d = 960/16
# of days = 60
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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