@sushanth, its 1. @dave, no of days & no of paintings required are 25. And we need to find out how many ppl r required for this. obviously it will be 1 only. if there will be more than 1 guy, the work will be finished before 25 days.
On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Dave <dave_and_da...@juno.com> wrote: > @Rahul: No, no, no. If you double the people and don't change the > number of days, you double the number of paintings. Similarly, if you > double the number of days and don't change the number of people, you > double the number of paintings. The number of paintings is _jointly > proportional_ to the number of people and the number of days. Thus, > paintings = constant * people * days. > > We can use the given data to solve for the constant: 5/2 = c * 5/2 * > 5/2, so c = 2/5. > > Finally, 25 = 2/5 * people * 25, so people = 5/2. > > Dave > > On Sep 7, 7:30 am, rahul vatsa <vatsa.ra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > i think it should be 1. > > 5/2 paintings r made by 5/2 ppl in 5/2 days using 5/2 canvas > > =>> 1 painting is made by 1 person in 1 day using 1 canvas > > > > i.e. 1 guy cn make a painting in 1 day using a canvas. > > > > Now, the other case, to make 25 paintings using 25 canvases in 25 days. > > > > As there r 25 days & total paintings required is 25, so u need just 1 guy > to > > do that. u have here 25 canvases, bt he cn make using just 1. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 8:15 AM, sush57 <sushaant...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > If 5/2 artists make 5/2 paintings using 5/2 canvases in 5/2 days then > > > how many artists r > > > required to make 25 paintings using 25 canvases in 25 days? > > > > > some sayin 25,some sayin 1...........can anyone pls explain the answer > > > for this puzzle... > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
