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