Raven L.

asked • 04/28/17

Three software engineers can finish coding a program in 12 days. If one of the engineers was not present in coding, how long would they finish the task?

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Andrew M. answered • 04/28/17

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3 engineers took 12 days
 
1 engineer would take 36 days alone
... 12 days per part... 3 parts...
 
doubling the engineers cuts
the time in half.
2 engineers take 18 days
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Andrew M.

In the absence of information to
the contrary we are forced to assume
that each individual engineer puts out
the same amount of code as the others.
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