SOLUTION: If four clerks could copy a report of twenty four pages in three days, how many days would it take for six clerks to copy a report of thirty six pages?
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Question 1105951: If four clerks could copy a report of twenty four pages in three days, how many days would it take for six clerks to copy a report of thirty six pages?
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If four clerks could copy a report of twenty four pages in three days, then the rate of work of ONE clerk is
= 2 pages per day.
Then 2*6*days = 36 is your equation to find the number of days: days = = 3.
Answer. 3 days.
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If four clerks could copy a report of twenty four pages in three days,
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how many days would it take for six clerks to copy a report of thirty six pages?
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There are many ways to solve problems like this; two other tutors have shown you two very different methods. Let me describe the process I usually use for problems like this.
The 4 clerks copying a 24-page report take 3 days to do the job.
6 clerks instead of 4 decreases the amount of time required by a factor of 4/6, or 2/3.
A 36-page report instead of a 24-page report increases the amount of time required by a factor of 36/24 = 3/2.
So the number of days required for the 6 clerks and a 36-page report is the original amount of time, multiplied by these factors: