SOLUTION: 1.four men can paint a house in 24 days.the owner wants the painting job to be finished in 12 days. how many should he hire?
2.if 12 men can do the job in eight days. how long i
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2.if 12 men can do the job in eight days. how long i
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Question 1021397: 1.four men can paint a house in 24 days.the owner wants the painting job to be finished in 12 days. how many should he hire?
2.if 12 men can do the job in eight days. how long it take 16 men to do the same job? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 1.four men can paint a house in 24 days.the owner wants the painting job to be finished in 12 days. how many should he hire?
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# of men is inversely related to # of days
m = k/d
Solve for "k"::
4 = k/24
k = 96
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Equation::
m = 96/12 = 8 men
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2.if 12 men can do the job in eight days. how long it take 16 men to do the same job?
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12 = k/8
k = 96
Equation:
m = 96/d
16 = 96/d
d = 96/16
d = 6 days
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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