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Five workers have been hired to complete a job.  If one additional worker is hired, they could complete the job $4$ days earlier.  If the job needs to be completed $20$ days earlier, how many additional workers should be hired?

 Jun 12, 2024

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So, right now there are 5 workers. They need to get the job completed 20 days earlier.

 

Since each additional worker adds on 4 days, we simply have

 

Number Of DaysDays Saved Per Worker. Thus, we can plug in 20/4=5 workers.

 

So our answer is 5 workers. 

 

Thanks! :)

 Jun 12, 2024
 #1
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Best Answer

So, right now there are 5 workers. They need to get the job completed 20 days earlier.

 

Since each additional worker adds on 4 days, we simply have

 

Number Of DaysDays Saved Per Worker. Thus, we can plug in 20/4=5 workers.

 

So our answer is 5 workers. 

 

Thanks! :)

NotThatSmart Jun 12, 2024

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