SOLUTION: If it takes 8 machines 6 days to complete a job how many machines will it take to complete the job in half a day?
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Question 241068: If it takes 8 machines 6 days to complete a job how many machines will it take to complete the job in half a day? Found 2 solutions by ankor@dixie-net.com, tamalesxd:Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If it takes 8 machines 6 days to complete a job how many machines will it take to complete the job in half a day?
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Use "machine-days" (1 machine working 1 day, is one machine-day)
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The completed job required 8 * 6 = 48 machine-days
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Let x = no. of machines required to do it in half a day
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.5x = 48
multiply both sides by 2
x = 96 machines
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