SOLUTION: Two employees, working at the same rate, take six hours to stock all the shelves of the store. How long would it take five employees working at this same rate to stock all the shel

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Question 848558: Two employees, working at the same rate, take six hours to stock all the shelves of the store. How long would it take five employees working at this same rate to stock all the shelves?
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Hi,

N%5B1%5D+%2A+T%5B1%5D+%2A+W%5B1%5D+=N%5B2%5D%2AT%5B2%5D%2AW%5B2%5D

Let x represent time it take five employees

  2*6hr = 5x

  %2812%2F5%29hr = x = 2.4hr     0r 2hr and 24min