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It takes for three gardeners 90 minutes to weed a garden. If the job is to be done in only 15 minutes, how many more gardeners need to be put on the jobs?
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It takes for three gardeners 90 minutes to weed a garden. If the job is to be done in only 15 minutes, how many more gardeners need to be put on the jobs?

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The answer is 15 gardeners.
Thus, 15 gardeners would be needed if the job is to be done in only 15 minutes.
User Debajit Mukhopadhyay
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3 gardeners :90 minutes
? Gardeners : 15 minutes
1 gardener : 270 minutes
? Gardeners : 270/15
18 gardeners
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