document.write( "Question 1151652: ten workers could do p jobs in 5 days. this was too slow, so the contractor hired 5 more workers. how many days would it take the new work force to complete k jobs? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "In the first scenario, the rate of work is   =   job per day per worker.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In the second scenario, the rate of work is   =   job per day per worker,\r\n" );
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document.write( "where \"d\" is the unknown number of days.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The rate of work is assumed to be the same in both cases, which produces this equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "     = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "From this equation (from this proportion)\r\n" );
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document.write( "    15*d*p = 50*k,\r\n" );
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document.write( "    d =  = .    ANSWER\r\n" );
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