It takes 20 minutes for 5people to paint 5 walls. How many minutes does it take 9 people to paint 9walls?
+781 The equation for amount of work done is w=rth, where w represents the work done, r the rate, t the time, and h the number of people or things doing work.
So with the first sentence we have 5=r(20)(5), which simplifies to 5=100r, so r=1/20. Now we substitute this into the equation for our second sentence.
9=(1/20)(t)(9)
9=9/20t
t=20 minutes.
+37146 People - hours per wall = 5 p 1/3 hr / 5 w = 5/15 p-h / w
5 p- h / 15 w * 9 w / 9 p = 5/15 hr = 20 min
