4 men built a wall in 11 days. How long would it take 1 man to build the wall working at the same rate?
44! all u do is multiply
My experience with my wife helping me is that it takes twice as long when do it.
Naw, really here is a hint: 2 men would take 22 days.
To find out how long it would take one man to build the wall working at the same rate, we need to determine the work rate of the team of 4 men.
Since the 4 men built the wall in 11 days, the total number of days worked by the team is 11. Let's call the work rate of the team as 4M (M for men).
Now, we can set up a proportion to find the work rate of one man. Since the work rate is inversely proportional to the number of men, we can write:
4M (team's work rate) = 1M (one man's work rate)
Since the number of men is reduced from 4 to 1, we need to multiply the time by that factor. Therefore:
11 days (team's time) = x days (one man's time)
By cross-multiplying, we get:
4M * 11 days = 1M * x days
Simplifying the equation, we have:
44M days = 1M * x days
Dividing both sides of the equation by M:
44 days = x days
Therefore, it would take 1 man 44 days to build the wall working at the same rate as the team of 4 men.