Question 65059
if 6 men/14 days than, than x men/21 days [set-up as a proportion problem]
6 men/14 days = x men/21 days [set the ratios equal to each other and cross-multiply]
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(6)(21)=14x
126=14x [solve for x]
x=9
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checking:
6 men/14 days = 9 men/21 days
126=126 [checks out]