SOLUTION: if 4 men can mow certain piece of land in 6 days ,working 10 hours a day, how many days would it take 6men to mow the same land, if they worked 8 hours per day?
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Question 467347: if 4 men can mow certain piece of land in 6 days ,working 10 hours a day, how many days would it take 6men to mow the same land, if they worked 8 hours per day? Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, stanbon:Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 4 men * 6 days * 10 hr/day = 240 man-hours
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240 man-hrs/(6 men * 8 hr/day) = 5 days
You can put this solution on YOUR website! if 4 men can mow certain piece of land in 6 days ,working 10 hours a day, how many days would it take 6 men to mow the same land, if they worked 8 hours per day?
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Note: 4 men take 60 hrs
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# of men and time to do the job are indirectly related.
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hrs = k/m
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Solve for "k" using "4 men take 60 hrs"
60 = k/4
k = 240
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Equation:
days = 240/men
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Solve "how many days would it take 6 men to mow the same land if they worked 8 hours per day?"
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hrs = 240/6
hrs = 40 hours
# of days = 40/8 = 5 days
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