Question 268021: 10 men produce 500 articles in 5 working days. how long would it take 15 men to produce 500 articles? Found 3 solutions by stanbon, ankor@dixie-net.com, josmiceli:Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 10 men produce 500 articles in 5 working days. how long would it take 15 men to produce 500 articles?
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If # of articles is fixed, # of days and # of men are inversely related.
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# of days = 500k/# of men
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Solve for "k":
5 = 500k/10
50 = 500k
k = 1/10
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Equation:
# of days = 500(1/10)/# of men
# of days = 50/# of men
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how long would it take 15 men to produce 500 articles?
# of days = 50/15
# of days = 10/3 = 3 1/3 days
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Cheers,
Stan H.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 10 men produce 500 articles in 5 working days. how long would it take 15 men to produce 500 articles?
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Find out how many man-days required to produce the 500 articles
10 * 5 = 50 man-days to do the job
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Let d = no. of days with 15 men
15d = 50
d =
d = 3 days
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 10 men produce 500 articles in 5 working days.
It would take 1 man 10 times longer to do this same work
So, 1 man produces 500 articles in 50 working days
And, 15 men could do this same work in 1/15 of this time
15 men could produce 500 articles in days
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