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A group of labourers promise to do a piece of work in 12 days, but 5 of them do not turn up. If rest of the group do the work in 18 days, Find the original number of men.

a.15

b.25

c.35

d.45

Solution

let the total number of labours = x
so according to the given condition x12=(x-5)18 or 2x=3(x-5) or x=15

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Asked In Gate CHANDAN KR SINGH (12 years ago)

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