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Question 822454: It takes 3 people 3 hours to assemble 3 sheds. Five people could assemble how many sheds in six hours?
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! It takes 3 people 3 hours to assemble 3 sheds.
1 person takes 9 hours to assemble 3 sheds
1 person takes 1 hour to assemble 1 shed
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5 times as many people will assemble 5 times
as many sheds in the same time
So, 5 people take 1 hour to assemble 5 sheds
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The same number of people will assemble
6 times as many sheds in 6 times that time
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So, 5 people take 6 hours to assemble 30 sheds
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