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Indian Railways employed workers to complete a certain work in days. If only one-fourth of the work had been done in days, then to complete the whole work in time, what is the number of additional workers to be employed?

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

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

Let the total work be unit.
Initial condition:

* Initial number of workers () =
* Days worked () =
* Work completed () =

Remaining condition:

* Total targeted days =
* Remaining days () =
* Remaining work () =
* Total workers required for the remaining work =

Using the Chain Rule formula:



Substitute the values:



Since the denominators are equal, we can eliminate the factor from both sides:







* Total workers needed for the remaining period =
* Additional workers to be employed =

Therefore, additional workers need to be employed.

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Indian Railways employed workers to complete a certain work in days. If only one-fourth of the work had been done in days, then to complete the whole work in time, what is the number of additional workers to be employed?
A
B
C
D

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