Question

14 people can paint 35 plates in 2 hours. At this rate, how many people would be needed to paint 60 plates in 2.5 hours?

Answer 1

It involves a number of people or machines working together to complete a task.

We are usually given individual rates of completion.

We are asked to find out how long it would take if they work together.

Sounds simple enough doesn’t it? Well it is!

There is just one simple concept you need to understand in order to solve any ‘work’ related word problem.

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

No of people who can paint 35 plates = 14

No of people who can paint 1 plate=

$No \: \: of \: \: people \: \: who \: \: can \: \: paint \: \: 1 \: plate = \frac{14}{35} \\ = \frac{2}{5}$