document.write( "Question 1144061: If it takes 6 men 4 days to dig a hole 3 metres deep, how long will it take for 10 men to dig a hole 7 metres deep?
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document.write( "From the first statement, the rate of work is  \"3%2F%286%2A4%29\" = \"1%2F%282%2A4%29\" = \"1%2F8\" meter per one man per day.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let the number of days is x.  Then the equation to find the unknown x is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    \"%281%2F8%29%2A10%2Ax\" = 7,\r\n" );
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document.write( "which gives\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x = \"%287%2A8%29%2F10\" = \"56%2F10\" = \"5\"\"6%2F10\" days = \"5\"\"3%2F5\" days = 5.6 days.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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