Answer:
18 men = 36 tons in 6 hours
Step-by-step explanation:
3 men = 1 ton in 1 hour
6 men = 2 ton in 1 hour
9 men = 3 tons in 1 hour
with this you find a pattern
3 men = 2 tons in 2 hours
3 men = 3 tons in 3 hours
3 men = 6 tons in 6 hours
6 men = 12 tons in 6 hours
9 men = 18 tons in 6 hours
12 men = 24 tons in 6 hours
15 men = 30 tons in 6 hours
18 men = 36 tons in 6 hours
(This is how i worked it out)
Answer:
18 people
Step-by-step explanation:
Method A:
3 man-hours to stack 1 ton
36 tons is 36 times 1 ton, so it takes 36 times as long to stack.
36 * 3 man-hours to stack 36 * 1 ton, or
108 man-hours to stack 36 tons
To do the job in 6 hours instead of 108, you need to do 108/6 = 18 times as much work per hour, so you need 18 times as many people.
18 * 1 person = 18 people
Answer: 18 people
Method B:
1 person works 3 hours and stacks 1 ton. That same person works another 3 hours and stacks another ton. In a total of 6 hours, 1 person stacked 2 tons. Since you need 36 tons stacked in the same 6 hours, and 36 = 18 * 2, you need 18 times the number of people, so you need 18 people.
