document.write( "Question 575934: If it takes 4 hours for 3 paint mixers to mix a fixed amount of paint.The number of hours varies inversely as the number of paint mixers used. How long would it take 8 paint mixers to do the same job? \n" ); document.write( "

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If it takes 4 hours for 3 paint mixers to mix a fixed amount of paint.
\n" ); document.write( "Find how many man-hours to do the job
\n" ); document.write( "3 * 4 = 12 man-hrs to complete the job
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\n" ); document.write( " How long would it take 8 paint mixers to do the same job?
\n" ); document.write( "let h = no. of hrs to do it with 6 men
\n" ); document.write( "8h = 12
\n" ); document.write( "h = 12/8
\n" ); document.write( "h = 1.5 hrs for 8 men to do it \n" ); document.write( "

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