SOLUTION: if it takes 4 men to mow 4 lawns in 4 hours then how many men does it take to mow 50 lawns in 50 hours?

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Question 350649: if it takes 4 men to mow 4 lawns in 4 hours then how many men does it take to mow 50 lawns in 50 hours?
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if it takes 4 men to mow 4 lawns in 4 hours then how many men does it take to mow 50 lawns in 50 hours?
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Find how many man-hours to mow 1 lawn: %284%2A4%29%2F4 4 man-hours to mow 1 lawn
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then 50 lawns would require: 4 * 50 = 200 man-hrs to do the job
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let m = no. of men required to do the job in 50 hrs
50m = 200
m = 200/50
m = 4 men to do the job in 50 hrs