5 men and 8 boys can do a piece of work in 6 days. 8 women and 8 boys can do the same piece of work in 6 days. In how many days will 5 men and 8 women will complete the same work ?

• 1 men will in 1day do 1/5*6 = 1/30 work
  so, 1 women will in 1 day do 1/8*6 = 1/48 work
  
  so, 5 men will do in 1 day = 5/30 = 1/6 work
  and 8 women will do in 1 day = 8/48 = 1/6 work
  
  Therefore, 5 men and 8 women together will take = 1/6+1/6 = 2/6 = 1/3 = 3 days.
  Answer: 3 days.
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• we cant find value of three variables with two equations, one more equation needed.....
  
  data inadequate
  
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• As 5 men= 8 women
  so we can write it as 5+5=10 men
  so the answer will be 3 days
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