SOLUTION: if 20 men can build a wall in 5 days how many men will be required to build the same wall in two days

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Question 1183913: if 20 men can build a wall in 5 days how many men will be required to build the same wall in two days
Found 2 solutions by greenestamps, ikleyn:
Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
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Decreasing the number of days by a factor of x mean the number of workers needs to be increased by that same factor.

2/5 as many days means 5/2 as many men: 20*(5/2) = 50.

ANSWER: 50 men

Answer by ikleyn(52792) About Me  (Show Source):
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The entire job is   20*5 = 100  man-days.

To complete the job in  2  days,   100%2F2 = 50   men are needed.             ANSWER


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