SOLUTION: It takes 30men 6days working 8hours a day to harvest. How many days would it take 50men working 6hours a day to harvest the same?

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Question 815159: It
takes 30men 6days working 8hours a day to harvest. How many days would
it take 50men working 6hours a day to harvest the same?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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The first situation is like 30 men perform the 1 harvest job in 6*8=48 hours.
This means, 1 man does the job in 30*48=1440 hours. This one-man rate is 1%2F1440 job per hour.

50 men?
The one-man rate multiplied by 50, since each man's rate is added.
Let h = how many hours;
%2850%2F1440%29%2Ah=1
h=1440%2F50=28.8 hours
At 6 hours per day, this would be 28.8%2F6=4.8 days.
This really means, 4 days at 6 hours per day, plus %284%2F5%29%2A6 more hours;
4 days at 6 hours per day plus another 4 hours & 48 minutes; although something more approximate may be more sensible.
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You could also say, 4 days and (4/5) of a day, based on 6 hours per day.