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eric and his crew have 50 trees to plant in 8 hours today they planted 40 trees. if they work at the same rate tomorrow how long will it take to finish planting the trees

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1.6 hours for the rest of the 10 trees
User Slaw
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It would take 2 hours to finish planting the trees.

They planted 5 trees per hour in 8 hours to total the 40 trees on the first day. Day 2 would take 2 hours to plant the 10 remaining trees b cause they can plant 5 per hour.
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