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document.write( "A small elementary school has 8 classrooms. It took 8 workers 10 hours to paint 3 classrooms, but the remaining 5 classrooms must be finished in 3 1/3 hours. How many more workers must they hire? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " It took 8 workers 10 hours to paint 3 classrooms,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Calculate how many man-hrs per classroom<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%288%2A10%29%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%288%2A10%29%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 26.67 man-hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the remaining 5 classrooms must be finished in 3 1/3 hours. How many more workers must they hire?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find no. of man-hrs required to paint 5 class room<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5*26.67 = 133.33 man-hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let m = no. of more workers required to finish 5 rooms in 3<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.33(m+8) = 133.33<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.33m + 26.64 = 133.33<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.33m = 133.33 - 26.64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = 106.7/3.33<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = 32 more men required to accomplish this<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check this, a total of 40 men are working<BR>\n" );
document.write( "calculate man hours, when 40 men work 3.33 hrs: 40 * 3.333 ~ 133 man-hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "calculate how many class room can be done with 133 man-hrs: 133/26.67 ~ 5 rooms<BR>\n" );
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