SOLUTION: 24 boys bikeill complete a piece of work in 18 days,2days after they started the work,8 more boys joined with them.in how many days all of them together finished work?

Question 979754: 24 boys bikeill complete a piece of work in 18 days,2days after they started the work,8 more boys joined with them.in how many days all of them together finished work?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"bikeill"?

r, the rate of work for 1 boy.

2 days with 24 boys working;
t days with 24+8 boys working

Basic uniform rates relationship, for n quantity of workers, r rate, x time, and j amount of work or job.

for the described days of "actual" work being done.

The first sentence describes the way boys work for this job and these boys.
, which means the rate term of amount of work would be ONE PIECE OF WORK.

You have this system of equations in the two unknown variables, r and t:
.
Solve the system, with main goal to find the value of t.
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