Question

It takes one week for a crew of workers to pave 3/5 kilometer of a road. At that rate, how long will it take to pave 1 kilometer?

Answer 1

1.67 weeks

Explanation:

Let X= time it will take to pave 1 kilometer?

1 week=3/5 kilometer

X week =1 kilometer

Cross multiply

3/5 X= 1

3X= 5

X= 5/3

1.67 weeks