8 men and 10 boys do a work in the same days as 4 men and 16 boys do. 1 man and 3 boys start a wo

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02 Nov 2009 Man at Work

8 men and 10 boys do a work in the same days as 4 men and 16 boys do. 1 man
and 3 boys start a work to finish it in 40 days. After eighteen days, 9/20th part of the work had been finished.
How many boys should be increased to make the work complete in exact time.

OPtion

1) 0
2) 1
3) 2
4) 3
5) 4
6) 5
7) 6
8) 7
9) 8
10) 9

Solution

In 18 days, (9/20)th part of work is finished
Thus in 1 day, {9/(20*18)}th = 1/40th part of work is finished
Hence in 40 days, work will be complete.
No additional boys are required.

Correct Option: 1 Best Solution (4)

Tijo Jose   14 years AGO

To finish work in 40 days, 1/40th part of the work should be finished in each day.

That accounts to 18 * (1/40)th part in 18 days.
18 * (1/40) = 18/40 = 9/20.

So, the work is progressing in exact speed. In this way, the work will complete in exact time.

So, no of boys needed = 0

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SHUBHAM   14 years AGO

work is progressing as per schedule so no extra boys are needed

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Anantha Krishna   14 years AGO

1 man and 3 boys have to complete, 1/40th part of work every day to comlete the work in 40 days.
so they have to complete 18*1/40=9/20th part of work in 18 days. They exacty finished the same amount of work in 18days
so no need to increase any one.

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Dundi   14 years AGO

1 man and 3 boys finish 9/20th part of the work in 18 days. so one day 9/20/18=1/40th part.
So they can complete the work in 40days no extra workers required.

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