Problem: tough and tricky questions : work / rate problems . a group of 4 junior lawyers require 7 hours to complete a legal research assignment . how many hours would it take a group of 3 legal assistants to complete the same research assignment assuming that a legal assistant works at two - thirds the rate of a junior lawyer ? source : chili hot gmat
Rationale: # of people times the # of hours : 4 * 7 = 28 - - > 4 lawyers do 28 worksin 7 hours . 3 * 14 / 3 = 14 - - > 3 assistants do 14 worksin 4 hours so , since the amount of work the assistants do is half the work the lawyers do , the time will be double , soans a
annotated_formula: multiply(multiply(divide(const_2, const_3), 3), 7)