SOLUTION: If it 7 workers 38 hours to fabricate a steel tank, how long will it take 11 workers, working the same rate, to do the same job?

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Question 959429: If it 7 workers 38 hours to fabricate a steel tank, how long will it take 11 workers, working the same rate, to do the same job?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39613) About Me  (Show Source):
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This is straightforward uniform rates, RT=J and the two rates can be 7r and 11r. r is the rate for any one worker. Fabricating a steel tank would be 1 job. The question is about finding time.

7r%2A38=1=11r%2At
Solve for t.