1. If 7 men can do 3 jobs in 27 hours then ? men can do 5 jobs in 35 hours. The easiest way to do these problems is to use the fact that k = (Number of workers) × (Number of hours*) ÷ (Number of jobs) *(or minutes or days in some problems) where k is a constant for any number of workers, hours or jobs, So we calculate the constant k from the first situation: 7 men can do 3 jobs in 27 hours 7×27÷3 = 63 Then we let the answer to the problem be 'N men', and we have for the second situation: N men can do 5 jobs in 35 hours So N×35÷5 must equal the constant k = 63 N×35÷5 = 63 N×7 = 63 N = 63÷7 N = 9 It would take 9 men. Edwin