Question

it takes 4people 2 hours to tidy a house on a building site how long would it take if 8 people offerd to tidy the same house​

Answer 1

1hr

Step-by-step explanation:

because you divided 2 by 2 and time 4 by 2

Answer 2

4 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

From the values given in the question make a proportion

Let the missing value be x

• 4 : 2 : : 8 : x = 4x = 2 * 8 = 4x = 16 = x = 16/4 = 4

So therfore the it will take 4 hrs for 8 people to tidy the house