a plumber laying 500 meters of drain pipe required 20 men of working for 10 days. What length in meters would be laid by 50 men in 5 days, if they all work at the same rate?

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Zackery

20 August, 07:13

a plumber laying 500 meters of drain pipe required 20 men of working for 10 days. What length in meters would be laid by 50 men in 5 days, if they all work at the same rate?

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Bernard Lara · Answer 1

500 meters = 20men = 10days

To get the factor 500 / (20*10) = 5/2 meters/day

For 50 men and 5days we don't know the meters

So we go by 50 * (5/2) * 5 = 625meters