SOLUTION: The time it takes to build a brick wall varies inversely as the number of people working on it. If it takes 3 days for 8 people to build a brick wall, how long will it take 5 peop
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Question 293457: The time it takes to build a brick wall varies inversely as the number of people working on it. If it takes 3 days for 8 people to build a brick wall, how long will it take 5 people to build the same wall?
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The time it takes to build a brick wall varies inversely as the number of people working on it. If it takes 3 days for 8 people to build a brick wall, how long will it take 5 people to build the same wall?
:
let d = time for 5 people to complete the job
:
=
5d = 24
d =
d = 4.8 days for 5 to build the wall
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