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If men and women working together can do six times as much work per hour as man and women working together, then the ratio of the work done by man to that of woman in a given time is:

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

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

Let the work efficiency (work done per hour) of man be and woman be .According to the given condition:

Mathematically:

Expand the right side:

Rearrange the terms to group and :


Find the ratio of to :

Thus, the ratio of work done by man to woman in a given time is .

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If men and women working together can do six times as much work per hour as man and women working together, then the ratio of the work done by man to that of woman in a given time is:
A
1:3
B
2:1
C
2:3
D
1:4

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