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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​

User Worp
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Answer:

1hr

Step-by-step explanation:

because you divided 2 by 2 and time 4 by 2

User Michael Nguyen
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Answer:

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

User Dzezzz
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