SOLUTION: After a certain number of men had been employed on a job for 24 days and had finished half of it, 16 more men were employed and the remaining job was completed in 16 days. How many

Question 919789: After a certain number of men had been employed on a job for 24 days and had finished half of it, 16 more men were employed and the remaining job was completed in 16 days. How many men were employed first?
Found 2 solutions by ewatrrr, josmiceli:
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

24n = 16(n+16)
8n = 256
n = 32 men were employed at first
And...checking
32*24days = 48*16days

Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of men employed first
= the rate of working
for men
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= the rate of working for man
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Then, 16 more men were employed and the
remaining job was completed in 16 days
For man, this is a rate of:

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Now I can say:

32 men were employed first
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check:

OK

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