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| Question 604535:  It takes 3 people 15 days to complete a big job, how long will it take 5 people to do the same job?
 Answer by alicealc(293)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! with 5 people, it will take less than 15 days to complete the job, so number of people and number of days are inversely proportional. so, with 5 people, it will take:
 3/5 * 15 = 45/5 = 9 days to do the same job
 
 or it can be say like this:
 number of jobs = 3*15 = 45 people.days
 so, if 5 people are working on it,
 number of days = number of jobs / number of people = 45/5 = 9 days
 
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