document.write( "Question 756575: The time it takes to complete a certain job varies inversely as the number of people working on that job. If it takes 40 hours for 14 carpenters to frame a house, then how long will it take 34 carpenters to do the same job? Round to the nearest tenth. \n" ); document.write( "

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How much time for 1 carpenter to frame the house? Analyze according to rate as jobs per hour.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "14 carpenters, 40 hours.
\n" ); document.write( "1 carpenter, 40*14 hours.
\n" ); document.write( "Those are for \"ONE JOB\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "rate for 1 carpenter is $\"1%2F%2840%2A14%29\"$ jobs per hour.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now, you have 34 carpenters working together to do this job. The rate of this group of carpenters is $\"34%2A%281%2F%2840%2A14%29%29\"$ jobs per hour. \n" ); document.write( "

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