document.write( "Question 815066: If it takes 3 people 4 hours to plant 12 trees, how many trees can 5 people plant in 5 hours? \n" ); document.write( "

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It takes 3 people 4 hours to plant 12 trees
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\n" ); document.write( "If the same number of people plant for 1/4
\n" ); document.write( "of that time, they will plant 1/4 as many trees, so
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\n" ); document.write( "3 people take 1 hour to plant 3 trees
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\n" ); document.write( "1/3 as many people will plant 1/3 as many trees
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\n" ); document.write( "1 person takes 1 hour to plant 1 tree
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\n" ); document.write( "5 times as many people will plant 5 times as
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\n" ); document.write( "5 people take 1 hour to plant 5 trees
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\n" ); document.write( "The same number of people take 5 times as long
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\n" ); document.write( "5 people take 5 hours to plant 25 trees
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