document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1207697>Question 1207697</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If 3 people can paint 2 rooms in 4 days,  how many people are needed to paint 12 rooms in 6 days?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Another approach, which I personally find easiest and fastest....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Given: 3 people can paint 2 rooms in 4 days<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "New data: 12 rooms instead of 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That's 6 times as many rooms; 6 times as many people are needed: 3*6 = 18 people<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "New data: 6 days instead of 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That's 3/2 as many days; 2/3 as many people are needed: 18*(2/3) = 12<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: 12 people can paint 12 rooms in 6 days<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Short solution, without all the words:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3*6*(2/3)=12<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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