document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=824303>Question 824303</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If it takes 6 men 12 days to build a wall, how long will it take 12 men? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #496262 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fcabanski><B>fcabanski(1391)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fcabanski><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=496262\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The wall took a total of 6*12 = 72 man days to build.<P><BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 (the job) = x * 72 where x is the rate each man works.<P><BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/72 = x = the amount of the wall each man builds per day.<P><BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/72 * 12 = 12/72 of the wall built (by 12 men) each day.  We need a total of 72/72 (1) wall.<P><BR>\n" );
document.write( "72/12 = 6 days for the 12 men to build the wall.<P><BR>\n" );
document.write( "You can also look at it simple.  12 men complete the wall twice as fast as 6 men.  They complete the job in half the time.  So 12 men complete the wall in 12/2 = 6 days. </SPAN>\n" );
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