SOLUTION: If it takes 5 workmen 10 days to build the main shell of a house, how long would you expect 3 men to take?
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Question 581615: If it takes 5 workmen 10 days to build the main shell of a house, how long would you expect 3 men to take? Found 2 solutions by stanbon, josmiceli:Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If it takes 5 workmen 10 days to build the main shell of a house, how long would you expect 3 men to take?
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# of days and # of men are inversely related.
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Equation:
d = k/m
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Solve for "k" using "it takes 5 workmen 10 days to build the main shell"
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10 = k/5
k = 5*10 = 50
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Equation:
d = 50/m
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how long would you expect 3 men to take?
# of days = 50/3 = 16 2/3 days
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! If 5 men takes 10 days, then it would take
1 man 5 times longer to do the same job
so, 1 man takes 50 days to do it
3 men would take 1/3 of that time, or
50/3 days
3 men would take 16 and 2/3 days
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