SOLUTION: It takes 5 men to paint 2 identical houses in 3 days. Assuming that all men work at the same rate, how long will it take 10 men to paint 8 of these houses?
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Question 828195: It takes 5 men to paint 2 identical houses in 3 days. Assuming that all men work at the same rate, how long will it take 10 men to paint 8 of these houses? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! It takes 5 men to paint 2 identical houses in 3 days. Assuming that all men work at the same rate, how long will it take 10 men to paint 8 of these houses?
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time is directly related to # of houses and indirectly related to # of men
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t = k*h/m
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Solve for "k" using "it takes 5 men to paint 2 houses in 3 days".
3 = k*2/5
k = 15/2 = 7.5
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Equation:
t = 7.5*h/m
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how long will it take 10 men to paint 8 of these houses?
time = 7.5*8/10
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time = 6 days
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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