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Three workers can do a job in 28 hours. How many more workers are needed to do this job in 12 hours?

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4 workers

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User Feulgen
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4 additional workers for 7 total workers.
if it takes 3 workers 28 hours to do work there are 84 total hours of work (3*28=84) to find how many workers it will take to get the work done in 12 hours divide 84 by 12. 84/12= 7 total workers. 7-3= 4 additional workers needed.
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