Question

Gary is managing the construction of two identical warehouses.

He knows that 8 workers took 125 days to construct the first warehouse.
Gary needs to construct the second warehouse in 50 days.
How many workers will Gary need to construct
the second warehouse in 50 days?
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(3)

Answer 1

20

Explanation:

To solve this problem, we can use the formula W1 * D1 = W2 * D2, where W1 is the number of workers for the first warehouse, D1 is the number of days it took to construct the first warehouse, W2 is the number of workers for the second warehouse, and D2 is the number of days it will take to construct the second warehouse.

We know that W1 = 8 and D1 = 125. We need to find W2.

Using the formula, we can solve for W2:

W2 = (W1 * D1) / D2

W2 = (8 * 125) / 50

W2 = 20

Therefore, Gary will need 20 workers to construct the second warehouse in 50 days