document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=923065>Question 923065</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Working 8 hours a day a dressmaker takes 18 days to make a number of dresses. How long would it take her to make the same number of dresses if she worked 9 hours a day? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #559851 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=559851\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Account for total hours.  You use hours per day and number of days.  You are trying to answer for HOW MANY DAYS.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The problem is a uniform rates type.  The number of dresses to make is not given but you must expect that \"a number of dresses\" is 1 job to be done.  The basic rule you would use is RT=J for relating rate time and job amounts.  The time T is time in DAYS; the amount of job is an amount J, which you can simply give units as \"JOBS\", and R is JOBS per DAY.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The best you can really do is to focus on HOURS to do 1 job.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solve for how many day.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<i>8 hours a day a dressmaker takes 18 days to make a number of dresses.</i>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8%28hours%2Fday%29%2A18%28days%29=8%2A18%2Ahours ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8%28hours%2Fday%29%2A18%28days%29=8%2A18%2Ahours\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, the HOURS to do 1 job.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<i>How long would it take her to make the same number of dresses if she worked 9 hours a day?</i><BR>\n" );
document.write( "LET t be how many days using different number of hours per day.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=9%28hours%2Fday%29%2At%28days%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"9%28hours%2Fday%29%2At%28days%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, the HOURS again to do 1 job, but you do not yet know t.<BR>\n" );
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