document.write( "Question 501622: if 24 adult can finish a work in 16 days and 16 children can finish the same work in 48 days then how much time it would take one adult and 1 child to finish the work? \n" ); document.write( "
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if 24 adult can finish a work in 16 days and 16 children can finish the same work in 48 days then how much time it would take one adult and 1 child to finish the work?
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\n" ); document.write( "We know it takes
\n" ); document.write( "24*16 = 384 man-days to do the job
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\n" ); document.write( "16*48 = 768 child-days (twice as many as man-days)
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\n" ); document.write( "2 child-days = 1 man-day
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\n" ); document.write( "\"then how much time it would take one adult and 1 child to finish the work?
\n" ); document.write( "let d = no. of days for 1 child and 1 man to do the job
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\n" ); document.write( "1 child and 1 man = 1.5 man
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\n" ); document.write( "1.5d = 384
\n" ); document.write( "d = \"384%2F1.5\"
\n" ); document.write( "d = 256 days for one man and one child to do the job
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