SOLUTION: If 1500men make 11 miles of road in 13weeks,how long will it take 2000men to make 27.5 miles of such a road? Thanks

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Question 1015203: If 1500men make 11 miles of road in 13weeks,how long will it take 2000men to make 27.5 miles of such a road? Thanks

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If 1500 men make 11 miles of road in 13 weeks,how long will it take 2000 men to make 27.5 miles of such a road? Thanks
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The equation is

11%2F%281500%2A13%29 = 27.5%2F%282000%2At%29,

where t is the unknown time in weeks.

Each side represents the rate of work in terms of miles-per-man-per-week,
which is supposed to be constant.

Find t yourself from this equation.