SOLUTION: x people working x hours produce x items. How many items are produced by y people working y hours?

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Question 825793: x people working x hours produce x items. How many items are produced by y people working y hours?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39613) About Me  (Show Source):
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x people___________x hours___________x items
x%2Fx persons________x%2Ax hours_________x items
Which is 1 person working for x%5E2 hours to make x items.

The rate for y people is the rate of each of the y people simply added.
The one-person rate is 1%2F%28x%5E2%29 x_items_per_hour.

The rate of work for y people is %281%2F%28x%5E2%29%29y in units of x_items_per_hour.
Basic idea is R%2Ah=j for Rate, time in hours, job. The "job" is "x items".
y people working for y hours will produce:
%28y%2F%28x%5E2%29%29%2Ay
highlight%28%28y%2Fx%29%5E2%29, in units of x.