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Fifteen workers take 8 hours to build a wall. How many hours will 12 workers need to build the same wall?

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Suppose, 12 workers take x hours
As the number of workers increases, the number of hours decreases.
The number of workers and number of hours are in inverse proportion.
12×x=15×8
12x=120
x=10
Thus, 12 workers will take 10 hours to build the wall.

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