SOLUTION: if 5 men can build a house in 16 days how long will it take just 2 men to build the same house assuming all men work at the same rate

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Question 683865: if 5 men can build a house in 16 days how long will it take just 2 men to build the same house assuming all men work at the same rate
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if 5 men can build a house in 16 days how long will it take just 2 men to build the same house assuming all men work at the same rate
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Find how many many days required to build the house
5 * 16 = 80 man-days
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Let d = no. of days required by 2 men to do it
2d = 80
d = 80/2
d = 40 days for 2 guys to do it