Answer to Question #10352 in Algebra for bryan finnerty

Question #10352

8 men can build a house in 60 hours. how many men does it take to build the house in 32 hours?

Expert's answer

let x men build the house in 32 hours then 8/x=32/60 so x=8*60/32=15
so 15
men build the house in 32 hours

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