The number of bricklayers needed to build a brick wall varies inversely as the number of hours needed. Four bricklayers can build a brick wall in 30 hours. How long would it take 5 bricklayers to build a wall?

24 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

You multiply 30 by 4/5, since this is inverse.

If it took 4 bricklayers to build a brick wall in 30 hours, then it would 24 hours for 5 bricklayers to build a brick wall.

The amount of time is reduced down to 4/5 of the first time because there are now 5 bricklayers instead of four.

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