SOLUTION: If it takes 4 hours for 3 paint mixers to mix a fixed amount of paint.The number of hours varies inversely as the number of paint mixers used. How long would it take 8 paint mixers
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Question 575934: If it takes 4 hours for 3 paint mixers to mix a fixed amount of paint.The number of hours varies inversely as the number of paint mixers used. How long would it take 8 paint mixers to do the same job? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If it takes 4 hours for 3 paint mixers to mix a fixed amount of paint.
Find how many man-hours to do the job
3 * 4 = 12 man-hrs to complete the job
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How long would it take 8 paint mixers to do the same job?
let h = no. of hrs to do it with 6 men
8h = 12
h = 12/8
h = 1.5 hrs for 8 men to do it
