document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=269152>Question 269152</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It takes 8 painters 6 hours to paint the walls of a gymnasium.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a.  How many person-hours does this job require?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b.  How many hours will 12 painters take to paint the gymnasium? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a. How many person-hours does this job require?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Person-hours??? Who comes up with these dumb terms??<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8 * 6 = 48 MAN-hours, to do the job<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. How many hours will 12 painters take to paint the gymnasium?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = no. of hours, when 12 men do the job<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12x = 48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 48/12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 4 hrs to do the job </SPAN>\n" );
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