document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=507764>Question 507764</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It will take 24 men working 9 hours a day each to build a house in 45 days. Given that all men work at the same rate,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. How nay days will 18 men take to build the same house if they work 8 hours a day ?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. how many hours per day must 20 men work if the house is to be completed in 48 days ? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a. How many days will 18 men take to build the same house if they work 8 hours a day ? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. how many hours per day must 20 men work if the house is to be completed in 48 days ?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Man-hours to build the house=24*9*45=9720<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. How many days will 18 men take to build the same house if they work 8 hours a day ?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let x=days to build the same house<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18*8*x=9720<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=9720/(18*8)=67.5 days<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. how many hours per day must 20 men work if the house is to be completed in 48 days ?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let u = hours per day 20 men must work<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20*u*48=9720<BR>\n" );
document.write( "u=9720/(20*48)=10.125 hrs/day </SPAN>\n" );
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