document.write( "Question 1033952: if 3 workers can finish painting a house in 2 days, how many days will it take 6 workers to paint 5 of those (identical) house if they work at the same speed? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #648548 by josmiceli(19441)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 3 workers can finish painting a house in 2 days \n" ); document.write( "1/3 that number of workers will take 3 times as long, so \n" ); document.write( "1 worker can finish painting a house in 6 days \n" ); document.write( "------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "6 workers will take 1/6 as long to paint a house, so \n" ); document.write( "6 workers can finish painting a house in 1 day \n" ); document.write( "--------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "5 houses will take 5 times as long, so \n" ); document.write( "6 workers can finish painting 5 houses in 5 days \n" ); document.write( " |