document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=489756>Question 489756</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If 3 people can do a job in 20 hours how long would it take 4 people to do the same job.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I tried a ratio:  3 is to 4 as 20 is to x (3/4 =20/x) = 60/4x  divide each side by 4 and x is 15.  Am I on the right track? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #333746 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=chessace><B>chessace(471)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=chessace><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=chessace><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=333746\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Not really.  Almost every step you took is wrong, and then you wrote down the right answer for no apparant reason.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Job takes 3 * 20 man-hours = 60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide by 4 people to get 15 (you sort of figured that part out, but didn't express the steps right.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4 x = 3 * 20 with units labeled would be a better start.<BR>\n" );
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