the time needed to paint a fence varies directly with the length if the fence and indirectly with the number of painters. if it takes 5 hours to paint 200 feet of fence with 3 painters, how long will it take 5 painters to paint 500 feet of fence?
+118609 ok we might as well all answer this question!
This is how I was trained to do it
$$\\T\alpha \frac{L}{N} \\\\
T=k* \frac{L}{N}\qquad but\\\\
5=k* \frac{200}{3}\qquad so\\\\
k=\frac{3}{40}\qquad so\\\\
T=\frac{3L}{40N}\\\\
$When N=5 and L=500$\\\\
T=\frac{3*500}{40*5}\\\\
T=7.5 \;\;hours$$
+33616 The rate at which fence painting is done is 200/(3*5) feet per painter-hour.
In order to paint 500 feet we need 500*3*5/200 painter-hours
With 5 painters the time taken is 500*3*5/(200*5) hours = 7.5 hours
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+128475 If 3 painters paint 200 ft of fence in 5 hours, in 1 hour, they must paint 40 ft.......so each painter paints 40/3 ft per hour.
Then, 5 painters can paint 200/3 ft every hr........so........500/ (200/3) = 1500/200 = 7.5 hrs.
+118609 ok we might as well all answer this question!
This is how I was trained to do it
$$\\T\alpha \frac{L}{N} \\\\
T=k* \frac{L}{N}\qquad but\\\\
5=k* \frac{200}{3}\qquad so\\\\
k=\frac{3}{40}\qquad so\\\\
T=\frac{3L}{40N}\\\\
$When N=5 and L=500$\\\\
T=\frac{3*500}{40*5}\\\\
T=7.5 \;\;hours$$
+128475 Which can we do faster.......paint that fence or answer this question?????
{ I say its a toss up..... }
