SOLUTION: It takes 3 men 5 days to pave one mile of road. How long would it take 2 men to pave 10 miles?

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Question 384108: It takes 3 men 5 days to pave one mile of road. How long would it take 2 men to pave 10 miles?
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Hi,         

Let x represent the time it would take for 2 men to pave the 10 miles

Question Sets Up the Proportion: 

takes 3 men 5 days to pave 'one mile' of road, therefore:

It takes  5*10 or 50 days for 3 men to pave 10 miles.

  3%2F50+=+2%2Fx

Cross Multiply to solve for x

  3x = 100

   x = 33 1/3 days