It takes 6 hours for 2 people to build a swing set. Can you use the proportion 2 - 6 = 5 - h to determine the number of hours h

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Pavel [41]

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It takes 6 hours for 2 people to build a swing set. Can you use the proportion 2 - 6 = 5 - h to determine the number of hours h

it will take 5 people to build the swing set? Explain.

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polet [3.4K] · Answer 1 · 2023-08-07T02:25:38+03:00

The number of hours, h it will take 5 people to build the swing set is; 2.4 hours

<h3>What is the number of hours it will take 5 people to build the swing set?</h3>

From the task content, it follows that it took 6 hours for 2 people to build the swing set, hence, it follows that it'd take 12 hours for 1 person to build the swing.

However, when the work is divided between 5 People, the time taken is therefore; 12/5 = 2.4hours.