document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=946497>Question 946497</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> it takes 1 person 4500 minutes to take down the seats, how many people will they need to do it in 6 hours? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #577406 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=577406\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> rate * people * time = quantity of work.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the rate is the average rate per person.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you get r*p*t = q\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "when you have 1 person doing the work, it takes 4500 minutes.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you get p = 1 and t = 4500 in the equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the formula becomes:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "r*1*4500 = q\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solve for r to get r = q/4500.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you want to know how many people it takes to do the same job in 6 hours.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the rate that each person works is presumably the same, which is q/4500.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6 hours is equal to 6 * 60 = 360 minutes.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "r is equal to q/4500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t is equal to 360<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p is what you want to solve for.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the equation of r*p*t = q becomes:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "q/4500 * p * 360 = q\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "multiply both sides of the equation by 4500 / q to get p * 360 = q * 4500 / q.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "simplify to get p * 360 = 4500\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "divide both sides of this equation by 360 to get p = 4500 / 360.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "this results in p = 12.5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if 1 person does it in 4500 minutes, then 12.5 people are required to do it in 360 minutes.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the value of q was irrelevant because it canceled out.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "this means you could have replaced q with any number and the results would be the same.\r<BR>\n" );
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