SOLUTION: 6 workers can clean 40 cars in 4 days. How many workers would it take to clean all 40 cars in half of a day?
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! 6 workers can clean 40 cars in 4 days.
1 worker would take 6 times as long, so
1 worker can clean 40 cars in 24 days
It would take 48 times as many workers to
clean that many cars in 1/48 of that time, so
48 workers can clean 40 cars in 24/48, or 1/2 day
