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it takes 15 workers to build 500 feet of fencing in 6 hours. At this rate, how many workers are needed to build 1000 feet of fencing in 9 hours
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document.write( "It takes 15 workers to build 500 feet of fencing in 6 hours. \r\n" );
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document.write( "Doubling the workers doubles the fencing in the same time.  Therefore,\r\n" );
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document.write( "it takes 30 workers to build 1000 feet of fencing in 6 hours.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Doubling the workers halves the time for the same amount of fencing. Therefore,\r\n" );
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document.write( "It takes 60 workers to build 1000 feet of fencing in 3 hours.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Using only one-third as many workers triples the time for the same\r\n" );
document.write( "amount of fencing. Therefore,\r\n" );
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document.write( "It takes 20 workers to build 1000 feet of fencing in 9 hours.\r\n" );
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