1950 AHSME Problems/Problem 19
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Problem
If men can do a job in
days, then
men can do the job in:
Solution
The number of men is inversely proportional to the number of days the job takes. Thus, if men can do a job in
days, we have that it will take
days for
man to do the job. Thus,
men can do the job in
days and our answer is
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