SOLUTION: If 12 men can unload 360 tonnes of goods in 5 hours, find the rate of unloading in tonnes/man-hour. How many men are needed to unload 72 tonnes in 4 hours?

Question 1090780: If 12 men can unload 360 tonnes of goods in 5 hours, find the rate of unloading in tonnes/man-hour. How many men are needed to unload 72 tonnes in 4 hours?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If 12 men can unload 360 tonnes of goods in 5 hours, find the rate of unloading in tonnes/man-hour.
= 6 tons per man-hr
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How many men are needed to unload 72 tonnes in 4 hours
let m = no. of men required to do this
4m * 6 = 72
24m = 72
m = 72/24
m = 3 men
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