document.write( "Question 1037630: 12 children working 8 hours a day can clean up their school in 5 days, then 8 children working 19 hours a day will clean the school in how many days. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "The equation is \r\n" );
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document.write( "12*5*8 = 8*x*19.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Find x from this equation.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The equation says that he number of man-hours (children-hours) is the same in both cases.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The problem is so simple and the solution is so obvious that the general theory is not required.\r\n" );
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