SOLUTION: Nine cooks take 4 hours to prepare a school lunch. How long would 6 cooks take to prepare the lunch?

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Question 796340: Nine cooks take 4 hours to prepare a school lunch. How long would 6 cooks take to prepare the lunch?
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If 9 cooks take 4 hours to prepare 1 lunch,

Then 9 cooks take 1 hour to prepare of a lunch.

Then 1 cook takes 1 hour to prepare of a lunch

Then 6 cooks take 1 hour to prepare of a lunch

Then 6 cooks take 6 hours to prepare 1 lunch.

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