document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=36430>Question 36430</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the time it takes to complete a certain job varies inversely to the number of people working on that job. If it takes 36 hrs for 7 carpenters to frame a house, how long will it take 54 carpenters to do the same job? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "time=k/# of people<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Need to find \"k\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "36 hrs = k/ 7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "k=252<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Equation is now t=252/#<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If #=54 find \"t\"\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t=252/54<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t= 4 hr 40 min.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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