Acrew of ten workers was hired to complete a job in 8 days. after working for two days, there was a new request to complete this job in two days. how many more workers need to be hired to finish this job in 2 days?

29 more workers are needed.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let us assume that the 10 workers, working at their normal rate would finish the job in exactly 8 days.

The rate of working for 1 worker is:

[ 1/10 of the job ] / [ 8 days ] = [ 1 job ] / [ 80 days ]

This is also [ 1/80 of the job ] / [ 1 day ]

In 2 days, the fraction of the job that gets done is:  

Job left =

Now the rate has to be :

Now, let w be the additional number of workers needed.

We get:

Solving for w;

w = 29

Therefore, 29 more workers are needed.

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There can be another approach as well.

Fraction of the job done by 10 workers in 2 days = 1/4

Remaining fraction = 1-1/4 = 3/4

Lets say W workers are needed more.

So, we can say that 3/4 of the work is to be done by 10+W workers.

Hence, it will take a total of 30 workers to complete the job.

Making it additional 20 workers.

the difference between a number and 5 is -2.

step-by-step explanation:

notice that the equation you are given has -2 (negative 2) on the right side, not 2. when you subtract 5 from a number n, you are finding the difference between the number and 5.

the difference between a number and 5 is -2.