Problema Solution
If 6 women paint 4 houses in 8 days, how long will it take 9 women to paint 6 houses?
Answer provided by our tutors
Let assume that the rate of each woman is 1 house in x days that is: 1/x house per day
6*(1/x) = 4/8
........
click here to see all the equation solution steps
........
x = 12 days
Let y represent the number of days that 9 women need to paint 6 houses thus the rate is 6/y houses per day:
9*(1/12) = 6/y
........
click here to see all the equation solution steps
........
y = 8 days
It takes 8 days for 9 women to paint 6 houses.