The time required for a crew of men to do a job is inversely proportional to the product of the number of men and the number of hours they work per day. If a crew of 15 men working 5 hrs a day do a job in 10 days, find how long it would take 10 men working 6 hours a day to do the job.

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The time required for a crew of men to do a job is inversely proportional to the product
of the number of men and the number of hours they work per day. If a crew of 15 men
working 5 hrs a day do a job in 10 days, find how long it would take 10 men working 6
hours a day to do the job.

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