SOLUTION: Five maids can clean seven houses in three days. How long would it take eight maids to clean twenty houses if all the work was done at the same rate?
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Question 704487: Five maids can clean seven houses in three days. How long would it take eight maids to clean twenty houses if all the work was done at the same rate? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Five maids can clean seven houses in three days. How long would it take eight maids to clean twenty houses if all the work was done at the same rate?
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time is indirectly related to # of maids and directly related to # of houses:
t = k*h/m
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Solve for "k" using "Five maids can clean seven houses in three days".
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3 = k*7/5
k = 15/7
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Equation:
t = (15/7)h/m
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How long would it take eight maids to clean twenty houses if all the work was done at the same rate?
t = (15/7)*20/8
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t = 300/56
t = 5.36 days
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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