Question

A cabling company has a team of 24 workers who are expected to dig trenches, in order to lay down cables. The to of 24 workers can dig a standard trench in 1 hour. 3.1: Construct a table to show the relationship between the number of workers and the time taken to d standard trench. ​

Answer 1

Number of Workers Time Taken to Dig a Standard Trench

1 1 hour

2 0.5 hours

3 0.33 hours

4 0.25 hours

5 0.2 hours

6 0.17 hours

7 0.14 hours

8 0.12 hours

9 0.11 hours

10 0.1 hours

11 0.09 hours

12 0.08 hours

13 0.07 hours

14 0.07 hours

15 0.06 hours

16 0.05 hours

17 0.05 hours

18 0.04 hours

19 0.04 hours

20 0.04 hours

21 0.03 hours

22 0.03 hours

23 0.03 hours

24 0.02 hours