SOLUTION: 24 men can complete a work in 16 days.32 women can complete the same work in 24 days.16 men and 16 women started working for 12 days. How many more men are to be added to complete

Question 981536: 24 men can complete a work in 16 days.32 women can complete the same work in 24 days.16 men and 16 women started working for 12 days. How many more men are to be added to complete the remaining work in 2 days.?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39615) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
R, rate of one man
r, rate of one woman
Main goal of situation is complete 1 job or 1 piece of whole work.

, system allows to find R and r values.

The question part:
Let h be "how many more men..."

See carefully how this is a transcription of the question part of the description. Solve this equation for h;
and then use the values for R and r found earlier to evaluate h.
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