document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=476072>Question 476072</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If 12 men can dig 35 holes in 14 days,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) how many men are needed to dig 35 holes in 8 days,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) how many days would it take 12 men to dig 30 holes?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help me with ONLY Part B. Part A I know how to do. If Part B needs the answer from Part A, the answer is 21 men. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) how many men are needed to dig 35 holes in 8 days,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "35 holes takes 168 man-days<BR>\n" );
document.write( "168 man-days/8 days = 21 men<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(b) how many days would it take 12 men to dig 30 holes?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "35 holes takes 168 man-days<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--? 168/35 man-days per hole<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 4.8 man-days per hole<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4.8*30 = 144 man-days<BR>\n" );
document.write( "144 man-days/12 men = 12 days<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Keeping the units with the calculations makes it more obvious.<BR>\n" );
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