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If it takes 6 men 4 days to dig a hole 3 meters deep, how long will it take 10 men to dig a hole 7 meters deep?
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6 men dig hole 3 metres deep in 4 days
6 men dig hole 3 metres deep in 4 days
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PLEASE read the Maths forum rules and edit - it is not permitted to post solutions
PLEASE read the Maths forum rules and edit - it is not permitted to post solutions
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If its not permitted to post solutions then what is the point of asking questions
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If its not permitted to post solutions then what is the point of asking questions
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Well, the point of asking questions isn’t to just get the answer handed to you.
Well, the point of asking questions isn’t to just get the answer handed to you.
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If it takes 6 men 4 days to dig a hole 3 meters deep, how long will it take 10 men to dig a hole 7 meters deep?
If it takes 6 men 4 days to dig a hole 3 meters deep, how long will it take 10 men to dig a hole 7 meters deep?
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I didn't want the answer handed to me, I just wanted help in the question
I didn't want the answer handed to me, I just wanted help in the question
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So how long would 1 man take to dig a hole 3 metres deep?
So how long would 1 man take to dig a hole 3 metres deep?
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Are you trying to prove a point or do you genuinely want to help. If it's the latter then my answer is I don't know because I don't understand where to start
Are you trying to prove a point or do you genuinely want to help. If it's the latter then my answer is I don't know because I don't understand where to start
Think - will it take one man a longer or a shorter time than 6 men?
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Rude! I'm trying to help
Think - will it take one man a longer or a shorter time than 6 men?
Rude! I'm trying to help
Think - will it take one man a longer or a shorter time than 6 men?
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Rude! I'm trying to help
Think - will it take one man a longer or a shorter time than 6 men?
Rude! I'm trying to help
Think - will it take one man a longer or a shorter time than 6 men?
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If it takes 6 men 4 days to dig a hole 3 meters deep, how long will it take 10 men to dig a hole 7 meters deep?
If it takes 6 men 4 days to dig a hole 3 meters deep, how long will it take 10 men to dig a hole 7 meters deep?
6 men = 4 days
divide by 6 to get one man and then times by 6 to get the number of days it would take
1 man = 24 days
now do the same for 10 men. it's kinda like you're doing the inverse
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I'm doing GCSEs myself.
6 men = 4 days
divide by 6 to get one man and then times by 6 to get the number of days it would take
1 man = 24 days
now do the same for 10 men. it's kinda like you're doing the inverse
I'm doing GCSEs myself.
6 men = 4 days
divide by 6 to get one man and then times by 6 to get the number of days it would take
1 man = 24 days
now do the same for 10 men. it's kinda like you're doing the inverse
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Thanks I actually got it
Thanks I actually got it
I tend to get people to think about a hole one metre deep first - that will take less time so ....
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yes I did that I got (7x4)/3 = 56 then I used this info to work out the ratio of 1 man who took 56 days to dig a 7m hole with the ratio of 10 men who took x days to dig a hole 7m deep. I eventually got 5.6 by dividing 56 days on the 10 menThank you all so much
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