document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1143326>Question 1143326</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One man can build a wall in 12 days, and 12 men can finish it in 1 day.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Determine number of men that can build the wall in 1 hr.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12 men = 24 hrs.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n men = 1 hr.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12 / 24 =  n / 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "24n = 12\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n = .5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That is not correct.  Where did I miscalculate?  Non - homework. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The calculation you performed indicates that when the number of hours is reduced by a factor of 24 the number of men required is also reduced by a factor of 24.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "That of course goes against common sense.  As the time decreases by some factor, the number of men required increases by that factor.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "12 men times 24 hours = 288 man-hours<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x men times 1 hour = 288 man-hours  -->  x = 288<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "or just...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12*24 = x*1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "288 = x<br> </SPAN>\n" );
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