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men or women can do a piece of work in days. The number of days needed to complete the job, if men and women are employed to do the same piece of work is:

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

Given that the work done by men is equal to the work done by women:


The problem states that women can complete the work in days.
Now, we need to find the time taken by men and women. Let's convert men into an equivalent number of women:



Thus, the total team strength in terms of women is:



Using the work equivalence formula :





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men or women can do a piece of work in days. The number of days needed to complete the job, if men and women are employed to do the same piece of work is:
A
B
C
D

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