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Question 391144: I have a problem with algebra word problems. Please help with this one: at the beach 4 children working separately made 8 sandcastles in an hour.at this rate, hhow many sandcastles can 12 children make in 1/2 an hour.
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Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
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at the beach 4 children working separately made 8 sandcastles in an hour.
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Find the rate of castle building in child-hrs (one child working 1 hr)
4 child-hrs made 8 castles
= 2 castles per child-hr
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at this rate, how many sandcastles can 12 children make in 1/2 an hour.
.5*12*2 = 12 castles in 1/2 hr by 12 children

Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source):
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4 children-hours (like man-hours, but smaller) resulted in 8 sandcastles
___ this is .5 C-H per sandcastle

12 children for 1/2 hour is 6 C-H ___ 6 / .5 = 12 sandcastles