document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=765883>Question 765883</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if 3 men take 6 hours to shear 5 sheeps.how much time will 5 men take to shear 80 sheeps?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #466490 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=466490\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You can estimate the rate for one man to do the job of 5 sheep, but this is only theoretical and would not transfer as practical:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3 men__________6 hours_________job is 5 sheep;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 man__________6*3 hours_______same job of 5 sheep.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That is a theoretical 1 job per 18 hours, or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F18 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F18\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > jobs per hour.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "New situation, is 5 men to do 80 sheep.  The rate of each man is added for every man in the team or group, so this group's rate is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5%2F18 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5%2F18\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > five-sheep jobs per hour.  This group of shearers has 80 sheep to shear which is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=80%2F5=16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"80%2F5=16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > jobs.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The main uniform rates relationship is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=r%2Ax=j ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"r%2Ax=j\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > in which r is rate of doing the job, x is the amount of time which is hours in the current example, and j is how much or many jobs.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using that equation and let x = time in hours to do the work, <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=58 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=58\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > hours.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In case you wonder why not x is not 57 hours and 36 minutes, well......<BR>\n" );
document.write( "hypothetically, x IS 57 hours and 36 minutes, but that much accuracy is more than reasonable.  Our original rate was given to the nearest hour, and we were given no accuracy information.  If you did the problem and independently found 57.6 hours, or 57 hours and 36 minutes, then you did well.   </SPAN>\n" );
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