Answer: it will take 5 people 6.4 hours to do the work.
Step-by-step explanation:
The number of hours required to do a job varies inversely as the number of people working. Let h represent the number of hours required to do the job. Let p represent the number of people working. Therefore,
h is inversely proportional to p
Introducing a constant of variation, k, it means that
h = k/p
It takes 8 hours for 4 people to paint the inside of a house. Therefore
8 = k/4
k = 8×4 = 32
The formula becomes
h = 32/p
To determine how many hours it will take 5 people to do the work, we will substitute p = 5 into the formula. It becomes
h = 32/5 = 6.4 hours
You have a 300 feet side length square and you need to calculate the length of the diagonal. When you split the square along one diagonal you get triangles, so you can apply Pythagoras' Theorem, with the hypotenuse as the needed diagonal.
a²+b²=c²
300²+300²=c²
2*300²=c²
√(2*300²)=c
√(2) * √(300²)=c
√(2) * 300=c
c~424.26 ft which is the solution/option c
