SOLUTION: 5 men can complete a job in 4 days. How many days can 10 men working at 1/4 of the previous rate complete the job?

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Question 1015100: 5 men can complete a job in 4 days. How many days can 10 men working at 1/4 of the previous rate complete the job?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The five men each have an individual rate r;
and the ten men each have an individual rate, r/4;
THAT is the best sense to be made of the description.
Also, t, the unknown number of days for the "10 men".

Using RT=J for relating rate, time, amount of job or work,
system%285r%2A4=1%2C10%28r%2F4%29%2At=1%29

The solving of the system, especially to get t, will be for you to do.