SOLUTION: It takes 15 men to build a house in 120 days.Working at the same rate how many men are needed to build the same house in 75 days?
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Question 1013238: It takes 15 men to build a house in 120 days.Working at the same rate how many men are needed to build the same house in 75 days? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! It takes 15 men to build a house in 120 days.Working at the same rate how many men are needed to build the same house in 75 days?
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m = k/d
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Solve for "k" using "15 men to build house in 120 days"
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15 = k/120
k = 15*120
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Equation::
m = (15*120)/d
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Working at the same rate how many men are needed to build the same house in 75 days?
m = (15*120)/75
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Ans:: m = 24
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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