Company Z has 10 employees that can dig a well in 20 days. However, when Company Z started digging a new well, there were only 5 workers available for the first 8 days. After that, all 10 workers were available to work on the well until it was finished. How much longer did it take them to finish the well compared to if all 10 workers had been available from the start?

Company Z has 10 employees that can dig a well in 20 days. However, when Company Z started digging a new well, there were only 5 workers available for the first 8 days. After that, all 10 workers were available to work on the well until it was finished. How much longer did it take them to finish the well compared to if all 10 workers had been available from the start?

Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry

13th Edition

ISBN:9781133382119

Author:Swokowski

Publisher:Swokowski

Chapter9: Systems Of Equations And Inequalities

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 8T

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