document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=40607>Question 40607</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> it takes 4 hours for 9 cooks to prepare a school lunch. How long would it take 6 cooks to prepare the lunch?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "it would take 6 cooks _____hours.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "is it 2.66?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "9 cooks = 1 lunch/4hr.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply thru by 6/9 to get 6 cooks on the left side, as follows:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(6/9)9 cooks = (6/9)(1lunch)/4hr.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rearrange the right side to get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6 cooks = (1 lunch)/ [4hr.*(9/6)]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 cooks = 1 lunch/ [4hr*(3/2)]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 cooks = 1 lunch/ 6 hr.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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