document.write( "Question 1022752: If 15 men complete a work in 20 days then 25 men will
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document.write( "The number of workers and the number of days required\r\n" );
document.write( "are inversely proportional (one increases if the other\r\n" );
document.write( "decreases), so we set up the proportions in reverse\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let the number of days the SECOND time be N\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cross-multiply:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by 25\r\n" );
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document.write( "So it will take 12 days.\r\n" );
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