SOLUTION: It took ten men 16 days to paint a house. At that same rate, how many men would it have taken to finish paint the house in 10 days

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Question 605138: It took ten men 16 days to paint a house. At that same rate, how many men would it have taken to finish paint the house in 10 days
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It took ten men 16 days to paint a house.
Find the no. of man-days required to paint the house
10*16 = 160 man-days
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At that same rate, how many men would it have taken to finish paint the house in 10 days
let m = no. of men required to do it 10 days
10m = 160
m = 160/10
m = 16 men to do it in 10 days