Question Progress Homework Progress 21/24 Marks To complete a task in 16 days a company needs 5 people each working for 6 hours per day. The company decides to have 8 people each working for 4 hours per day. Assuming that each person works at the same rate, how many days will the task take to complete? 71%
To complete the task, the company initially had a total of 5 people * 6 hours/day = <<5*6=30>>30 working hours per day.
The task would require 30 working hours per day * 16 days = <<30*16=480>>480 total working hours.
By changing the setup, the company now has a total of 8 people * 4 hours/day = <<8*4=32>>32 working hours per day.
To determine how many days it will take to complete the task with this new setup, divide the total working hours required (480 hours) by the total working hours per day (32 hours/day).
This results in 480 hours / 32 hours/day = <<480/32=15>>15 days.
So, the task will take 15 days to complete with the new setup.