5-26-09
Dear Miriam,
I believe that your calculation result should read 41.67 sq. meters per day for four people combined, not per person.
Gary Rogovin
-------------- Original message from Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>: --------------
> There are 4 workers, possibly 5.
> And I reread Dr.Bursuk's letter, they worked 6 days.
> This means that they put in a total of 24 work-days to clear 1000 sq. meter,
> or 41.67 sq. meter per person per day.
> Please remember, this is one of the most overgrown areas of the cemetery.
> Most probably the workers work together as a team; the trees and brush have
> to be held by one person, cut by another one and carried away by a third
> and fourth. If they worked all together, than as a group they cleared
> 166.67 square meter per day, or close to an area of 13m x 13m per day.
>
> Mimi
>
>
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