document.write( "Question 1130086: If 5 men can manufacture 27 baskets in an hour, how many baskets would 15 men
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Algebra.Com's Answer #746738 by ikleyn(52786) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Use the proportion\r\n" );
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document.write( "In this proportion,   represent 40 minutes as    of an hour,\r\n" );
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document.write( "and the proportion itself says that the rate of job of each man in one hour is the same in both cases.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify (*)\r\n" );
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document.write( " = ,   or    = ,\r\n" );
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document.write( "and then get final answer  x =   = 27*2 = 54.     ANSWER\r\n" );
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