When a farm is building water conservancy, 48 people are sent to complete the work of digging and transporting soil. If each person digs 5 cubic meters of soil or transports 3 cubic meters of soil on average every day, how to allocate the number of people to dig and transport soil so that the excavated soil can be transported away in time?

When a farm is building water conservancy, 48 people are sent to complete the work of digging and transporting soil. If each person digs 5 cubic meters of soil or transports 3 cubic meters of soil on average every day, how to allocate the number of people to dig and transport soil so that the excavated soil can be transported away in time?


Let x excavate soil and Y transport soil. Then x + y = 485x = 3Y, the solution is x = 18y = 30. Answer: 18 excavate soil and 30 transport soil