Question

A lawn can be mowed by 8 people in 6 hours. If 3 people take the day off and do not help mow the grass, how many hours will it take to mow the lawn?

Answer 1

Answer:

9.6 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the work done by one person to move the lawn be x

part of work done by one man in one day is 1/x

According to the question,

8/x = 1/6

by cross multiplication,

x = 48

if 3 people taken off

no. of people left is 5 people

therefore , hours used is

48/5 = 9.6

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