SOLUTION: Ling had a artisans who worked h hours to get c crafts made.then m artisans went on vacation. How many hours would it take the remaining artisans to make d crafts?

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Question 1147381: Ling had a artisans who worked h hours to get c crafts made.then m artisans went on vacation. How many hours would it take the remaining artisans to make d crafts?
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39613)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(1)
a artisans
h hours time
c quantity of crafts
r rate of 1 artisan


(2)
m artisans went away
x how much time hours
d quantity of crafts





Answer by ikleyn(52754)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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In the first scenario, the rate of work of any one particular artisan is    crafts per artisan per hour.


In the second scenario, the rate of work of any one particular artisan is    crafts per artisan per hour.


Here "x" is the unknown number under the question.


The rate of work is assumed to be the same in both scenarios. It gives you an equation


     = .


From this equation/proportion


    x = .    ANSWER

Solved.

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