document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=806103>Question 806103</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If it takes two men two hours to dig a hole 3 metres long, 3 metres wide and 3 metres deep, how long would it take the same two men to dig a hole 6 metres long, 6 metres wide and 6 metres deep if they worked at the same rate? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #485683 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=485683\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The two tricks are to define the meaning of 1 job, and calculate the one-man work rate.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The meaning of 1 job is, \" dig a hole 3 metres long, 3 metres wide and 3 metres deep,\".  This will give the size of the hole, meaning The Job.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The question part will also be some quantity of job, in that case, 6*6*6.  If one job is a hole 3*3*3, then how many job is 6*6*6?  The job quantity asked is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6%2A6%2A6%2F%283%2A3%2A3%29=2%5E3=8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6%2A6%2A6%2F%283%2A3%2A3%29=2%5E3=8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > jobs.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If 2 men need 3 hours to do 1 job,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1 man needs 2*3=6 hours to do this 1 job.  The one-man rate is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Hours per Job.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thinking for this again, if the same two men are to do 8 jobs, these same two men still have their already-given rate of <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;\" > jobs per hour FOR THE TWO MEN WORKING TOGETHER.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "rate*time=jobs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28%281%2F3%29%2Ah=8%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28%281%2F3%29%2Ah=8%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >--------if this equation makes sense to you then you can finish, finding h for hours to do the 8 jobs. </SPAN>\n" );
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