SOLUTION: ten workers could do p jobs in 5 days. this was too slow, so the contractor hired 5 more workers. how many days would it take the new work force to complete k jobs?
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Question 1151652: ten workers could do p jobs in 5 days. this was too slow, so the contractor hired 5 more workers. how many days would it take the new work force to complete k jobs? Answer by ikleyn(52903) (Show Source):
In the first scenario, the rate of work is = job per day per worker.
In the second scenario, the rate of work is = job per day per worker,
where "d" is the unknown number of days.
The rate of work is assumed to be the same in both cases, which produces this equation
= .
From this equation (from this proportion)
15*d*p = 50*k,
d = = . ANSWER
Solved.
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