SOLUTION: If 5 painters can paint 5 walls in 5 minutes, how many painters will it take to paint 60 walls in 30 minutes? Explain your reasoning.

Question 964509: If 5 painters can paint 5 walls in 5 minutes, how many painters will it take to paint 60 walls in 30 minutes? Explain your reasoning.
Found 2 solutions by t0hierry, ankor@dixie-net.com:
Answer by t0hierry(194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5 painters 5 walls 5 minutes
1 painter 1 wall 5 minutes (painters paint simultaneously)
in 30 minutes, each painter has painted 6 walls
to paint 60 walls, you need 10 times that amount, that is 10 painters
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If 5 painters can paint 5 walls in 5 minutes, how many painters will it take to paint 60 walls in 30 minutes? Explain your reasoning.
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Find how many man-minutes to paint 1 wall
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5 * 5 = 25/5
5 man-minutes per wall
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"how many painters will it take to paint 60 walls in 30 minutes?"
let p = no. painters to accomplish this
30p = 60*5
30p = 300
p = 300/30
p = 10 painters required
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