SOLUTION: If 8 men can build a house in 35 days, how many days would it take 14 men.

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Question 928814: If 8 men can build a house in 35 days, how many days would it take 14 men.
Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) About Me  (Show Source):
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r = job/people*time
r = 1/(8*35)
r = 1/(14t)
1/(8*35) = 1/(14t)
14t = 8*35
t = 8*35/14
t = 20 days
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