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Question 534037: if 6 workers can build 4 cars in two days then how many days would it take 8 workers to build 6 cars? please show workings Found 2 solutions by oberobic, ankor@dixie-net.com:Answer by oberobic(2304) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If the crew can build 4 cars in two days, then the crew can build 2 cars in one day.
The crew has 6 workers, so each worker can build 1/6*2 cars per day = 2/6 = 1/3.
Each worker can build 1/3 of a car per day.
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To build 6 cars, a single worker would need 18 days.
1/3*x = 6
x = 18
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But the crew is not one worker it is 8 workers.
So each worker can do 1/8 of the work.
18/8 = 9/4 = 2 1/4 days
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Another way to look at this problem is show that a 8 person team can build 8/3 car per day.
8/3*x = 6 cars
8x = 18
x = 18/8 = 9/4 = 2 1/4 days
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This answer makes sense because we would expect the 6 workers to do the job in 3 days.
The two additional workers should contribute something.
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Answer: 8 workers can build 9 cars in 2 1/4 days.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If 6 workers can build 4 cars in two days,
Find no. of man-days per car = 3 man-days per car
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"how many days would it take 8 workers to build 6 cars?"
let d = no. of days to accomplish this
8d = 6(3)
8d = 18
d =
d = 2.25 days for 8 guys to build 6 cars
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