Question

A construction team gives an estimate of three months to repave a large stretch of a very busy road. the government responds that it's too much inconvenience to have this busy road obstructed for three months, so the job must be completed in one month. how does this deadline change the number of workers needed?

Answer 1

This problem is related to proportionality. In this case, the time to complete the job should be inversely proportional to the number of workers on the job. So based on the given problem above, the deadline changes the number of workers needed would be three times as many as the workers needed. Hope this helps.