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Twenty-four men can complete a work in sixteen days. Thirty-two women can complete the same work in twenty-four days. Sixteen men and sixteen women started working and worked for twelve days. How many more men are to be added to complete the remaining work in 2 days?
1. 18 men
2. 24 men
3. 36 men
4. 50 men

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ans. 24

24m 1 day work=1/16
1m 1 day work= 1/384
16 m 1 day work= 16/384
32w 1 day work=1/24
1w 1 day work= 1/768
16 w 1 day work= 16/768
therefore (16/384+16/768)12=3/4
remaining work= 1-3/4=1/4
let more men be x
[(16+x)/384+(16/768)]*2=1/4
on solving x= 24
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Sixteen men can complete a work in twelve days. Twenty-four children can complete the samework in eighteen days. Twelve men and eight children started working and after eight days three more children joined them. How many days will they now take to complete the remaining work?
1. 5 days
2. 4 days
3. 10 days
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