SOLUTION: If 2 painters take 40 hours to paint a house how many hours will 6 painters take to paint the same house

Question 992747: If 2 painters take 40 hours to paint a house how many hours will 6 painters take to paint the same house
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If 2 painters take 40 hours to paint a house how many hours will 6 painters take to paint the same house
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# of hours and # of painters are inversely related::
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h = k/p
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Solve for "k" if "2 painters take 40 hrs to paint a house":::
40 = k/2
k = 80
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Equation:
h = 80/p
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how many hours will 6 painters take to paint the same house??
h = 80/6 = 13 1/3 hours
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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