SOLUTION: A man undertakes to do a piece of work in 150 days. He employs 200 men. He finds that only a quarter of work done in 50 days. How many additional men must be employed so that the w
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Question 851616: A man undertakes to do a piece of work in 150 days. He employs 200 men. He finds that only a quarter of work done in 50 days. How many additional men must be employed so that the work may be finished on time?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
200*50=10000 man days for 1/4 of the job
He needs 30000 man days to finish the job.
He has 100 more days to finish the job
30000/100=300 men
He needs 100 more plus his original 200
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