SOLUTION: If 20 people can construct a house in 30 days, how many people needed to construct the same house in 5 days?

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Question 1127795: If 20 people can construct a house in 30 days, how many people needed to construct the same house in 5 days?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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Six times the rate, so six times the number of people.
120 people

Answer by ikleyn(52802) About Me  (Show Source):
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The construction requires  20*30 = 600 worker-days.


To complete it in 5 days,  you need  600%2F5 = 120 workers.    ANSWER