document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=887869>Question 887869</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If it takes 2 days for 5 workers to finish painting a wall at a rate of 6 hours per day, then how long will it take 7 workers to finish painting a wall at a rate of 7 hours per day?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "It takes 5 workers 2 days to paint a wall at the rate of 6hr/day. This gives us<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1) 5*2*6 = 60 worker-hours to do the job<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now we have 7 workers working at the rate of 7 hr/day or 49 hr/day for all 7.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The number of days is given by<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2) No. of days for 7 workers = 60hr/(49hr/day) or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3) No. of days for 7 workers = 1.22... days or about<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(4) No. of days for 7 workers = 1d,5hr,23m,16s </SPAN>\n" );
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