document.write( "Question 447619: \"If it took 5 people 45 minutes to count all the ballot papers how long would it have taken 3 people?\"
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\n" ); document.write( "5 people took 45 mins therefore each person did the equivalent of 9 mins worth of work....with 2 less people (18 mins worth) you need to add the 18 mins to the 45 mins that the 5 people managed to do the job in ...the answer being 63mins? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "\"It took 5 people 45 minutes\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore it would take 3 times as many people, or 15 people,\r\n" );
document.write( "only 1/3 as long as 45 minutes, or only 15 minutes.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore it would take 1/5 of that many (15) people, or 3 people,\r\n" );
document.write( "5 times as long as 15 minutes or 75 minutes.\r\n" );
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