SOLUTION: if 3 men can repair the house in 20 days,how many days can 5 men do the same job?
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Question 582315: if 3 men can repair the house in 20 days,how many days can 5 men do the same job?
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if 3 men can repair the house in 20 days, how many days can 5 men do the same job?
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Find how many man-days to complete the job.
3*20 = 60 man-days
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" how many days can 5 men do the same job?"
let d = no. of days required by 5 men to do it
5d = 60
d = 60/5
d = 12 days
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