SOLUTION: 10 men can do a piece of work in 24 days. After working 6 days,few men were added to finish the work in 21 days from the begining. Find the added men.

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Question 729601: 10 men can do a piece of work in 24 days. After working 6 days,few men were added to finish the work in 21 days from the begining. Find the added men.
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
10 men can do a piece of work in 24 days. After working 6 days, a few men were added to finish the work in 21 days from the begining. Find the added men.
>>...10 men can do a piece of work in 24 days...<<  

So the 10 men's combined working rate is  or .  

Also it would take 1 man 240 days (ten times as long as it would take 10
men.  So 1 man's working rate is  or . 

>>...After working 6 days,...<<
In those 6 days the 10 men at the rate of  have done
{6/24}}}ths or th of job and so there is still ths of the job
left to be done.  

>>...A few men were added to finish the work in 21 days from the begining...<<
Let the number of men added be N.  So for the remaining 21-6 or 15 days,
we have 10+N men working at the combined rate of (10+N)·
or  or  doing ths of the job.
 
So 15 days times their  rate should equal ths of the job.

                               

Cross multiply:

                                 60(10+N) = 3·240
                                 60 + 60N = 720
                                      60N = 660
                                        N = 11 

So they added 11 men.

Edwin

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