Question

it takes 5 people 4 hrs to clean a yard . How many hrs will it take 8 people to clean the same yard at the same rate

Answer 1

Answer:

2.5 hrs

Step-by-step explanation:

People Hrs

5 4

8 x

So by Reading the que, We can have a idea that ; since 5 people take 4 hrs then 8 people will take less time obvious...So in these type of que when things become opposite like; people increase but time decrease...

We direct multiple the above equation

so we get-

5*4 = 8*x

x= 20/8

x= 2.5 hrs