SOLUTION: three electricians can fix 10 short circuits in 2 hours. how much time will four electricians need to fix 15 short circuits?

Question 1082703: three electricians can fix 10 short circuits in 2 hours. how much time will four electricians need to fix 15 short circuits?

Found 3 solutions by addingup, ikleyn, MathTherapy:
Answer by addingup(3677)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3 electricians at 2 hours each is 6 man-hours
10 shorts are fixed in 6*60 = 360 man-minutes
360/10 = 36 man-minutes per short
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For 4 to fix 15:
15*36 = 378 man-minutes
378/4 = 94.5 or 94¹⁄₂ minutes or 1hr34¹⁄₂ minutes
Answer by ikleyn(52778)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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3 electricians at 2 hours each is 6 man-hours
10 shorts are fixed in 6*60 = 360 man-minutes
360/10 = 36 man-minutes per short
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For 4 to fix 15:
15*36 = 540 man-minutes
540/4 = 135 minutes, or 2 hours and 15 minutes.

It is typical joint work problem. See the lesson
    - Rate of work problems
in this site.

Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site
    - ALGEBRA-I - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lesson is the part of this textbook under the topic "Rate of work and joint work problems" of the section "Word problems".

Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

three electricians can fix 10 short circuits in 2 hours. how much time will four electricians need to fix 15 short circuits?

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