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2 men can complete a piece of work in 6 days. 2 women can complete the same piece of work in 9 days. Where as 3 children can complete the same piece of work in 8 days. 3 women and 4 children worked together for 1 day. If only men were to finish the remaining work in day, how many totalmen would be required?

Answer»

4
8
6
can't be determined

Solution :One day WORK of each one MAN, one women and one
CHILD respectively
`= 1/12, 1/18 and 1/24`
`therefore` Remaining work
`therefore = 1- (1/18 xx3 + 1/24 xx 4) = 2/3`
`therefore 2//3` work will be complered in one day by
`= 12 xx 2//3 = 8 `men


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