SOLUTION: Sixty men can build a wall in 40 days, but
though they begin the work together, 5 men
quit every ten days. The time needed to build
the wall is
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Question 945774: Sixty men can build a wall in 40 days, but
though they begin the work together, 5 men
quit every ten days. The time needed to build
the wall is Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Working on the wall, you have:
60 men for 10 days
55 men for 10 days
50 men for 10 days
45 men for 10 days
40 men for 10 days
etc.
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60 men build 1 wall in 40 days
1 man builds 1/60 of a wall in 40 days
1 man builds 1/240 of a wall in 10 days
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60 men build of a wall in 10 days
55 men build of a wall in 10 days
50 men build of a wall in 10 days
45 men build of a wall in 10 days
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This sequence is: etc. walls
I want the time for just 1 wall too much time too little time is the answer days
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My answer is 47.5 days to build the wall
This is while 40 men are working on it
Hope I got it
