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Question 1155236: at the valve factory w workers made v valves in 5 days how many days would it take n more workers to make the same number of valves?
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at the valve factory w workers made v valves in 5 days
5w man-days to make v valves
how many days would it take n more workers to make the same number of valves?
v = v
let d = no. of days required with n more workers
therefore
d(w+n) = 5w
d = %285w%29%2F%28%28w%2Bn%29%29, days