document.write( "Question 772730: 8 men can dig a garden in 20 days. After working for 5days, 3men left. How long will it take to complete the whole work?. \n" ); document.write( "

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What fraction of the job did the
\n" ); document.write( "8 men get done in 5 days?
\n" ); document.write( "In $\"+5+\"$ days, they did
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+5%2F20+=+1%2F4+\"$ of the job.
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\n" ); document.write( "There is $\"+3%2F4+\"$ of the job left.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+3+\"$ men quit, so there are
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+8+-+3+=+5+\"$ men remaining.
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"+8+\"$ men can dig a garden in $\"+20+\"$ days
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+5+\"$ men can dig $\"+5%2F8+\"$ of
\n" ); document.write( "the garden in $\"+20+\"$ days
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\n" ); document.write( "They need to do $\"+3%2F4+=+6%2F8+\"$ of
\n" ); document.write( "the job.
\n" ); document.write( "Their rate of working is $\"+%285%2F8%29+%2F+20+\"$ gardens / days
\n" ); document.write( "So, they can do $\"+%281%2F8%29+%2F+4+\"$ gardens / days
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\n" ); document.write( "That means they can do $\"+%286%2F8%29+%2F+24+\"$ gardens / days.
\n" ); document.write( "It will take the 5 men 24 days to complete the digging\r
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