SOLUTION: it takes 40 minutes for 2 men to dig a garden, how long will it take 8 men, how do i work this out?
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Question 876567: it takes 40 minutes for 2 men to dig a garden, how long will it take 8 men, how do i work this out?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If it takes 2 men 40 min to dig the garden,
it will take half as many men twice as long, so
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It takes 1 man 80 min to dig the garden
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It will take 8 men 1/8 of this time to dig the garden, so
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I takes 8 men min to dig the garden
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