Question

When building a house, the number of days required to build is inversely proportional to with the number of workers. One house was built in 11 days by 27 workers. How many days would it take to build a similar house with 3 workers?

Answer 1

99 days

Explanation:

With 1/9 the number of workers, it will take 1/(1/9) = 9 times the number of days:

9·11 days = 99 days