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Question 807965: A construction company is building a new housing development. There are 9 homes that still need to have kitchen title installed. It takes 17 worker-hours per home to title a kitchen. If a team of 4 workers is assigned to do the tiling, about how many hours will it take to do the job?
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A construction company is building a new housing development. There are 9 homes that still need to have kitchen title installed. It takes 17 worker-hours per home to title a kitchen. If a team of 4 workers is assigned to do the tiling, about how many hours will it take to do the job?
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1 home requires 17 worker-hours
9 homes require 9*17 = 153 worker-hours
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4 workers would require 153/4 = 35 3/4 hours
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Stan H.