document.write( "Question 851768: How do i solve a problem like this? If it takes 8 workers 3 hours to clean 2 miles of highway, how long would it take 15 workers to clean 8 miles of highway? \n" ); document.write( "
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Uniform rates, work problem. R*T=J, rate, time, amount of job.
\n" ); document.write( "How long does it take 1 worker to the the job if alone?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "8 workers: Let's cut that down to 1 mile of highway.
\n" ); document.write( "8 workers do 1 mile of highway in \"3%2F2\" hours.
\n" ); document.write( "Let us define the job as \"clean 1 mile of highway\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "WHAT IS THIS RATE FOR 1 WORKER? Eight Times Longer.
\n" ); document.write( "1 worker needs \"8%283%2F2%29\" hours to do 1 job alone. This is \"8%283%2F2%29=12\" hours.
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\n" ); document.write( "One-worker rate is \"highlight%281%2F12%29\" JOBS per HOUR.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now, you want 15 workers and you want time to be t, a variable, and you want J=8 miles of highway. Remember, this solution is using the job as \"clean 1 mile of highway\".
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\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%2815%281%2F12%29t=8%29\"------If this makes sense, then you are understanding; otherwise, you are stuck until it does make sense.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"t=8%281%2F15%29%2812%2F1%29\" hours
\n" ); document.write( "\"t=%282%2A2%2A2%2A4%2A3%29%2F%2815%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"t=2%2A2%2A2%2A4%2F5\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"t=32%2F5\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28t=6%264%2F5%29\" hours \n" ); document.write( "
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