document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=701834>Question 701834</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 7 men can put a fence in 8 hours. if one man fall ill, how many overtime hours will the remaining men need to put up the same fence? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #432649 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ptaylor><B>ptaylor(2198)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ptaylor><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=ptaylor><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=432649\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If 7 men can put up a fence in 8 hours, then 1 man can put up the fence in 7*8=56 hours.  Therefore, it takes 56 man-hours to put up the fence. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Soooo, 6 men need 56/6=9 1/3 hours to put up the fence.  This means that they work 1 1/3 overtime hours\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps---ptaylor </SPAN>\n" );
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