document.write( "Question 851616: A man undertakes to do a piece of work in 150 days. He employs 200 men. He finds that only a quarter of work done in 50 days. How many additional men must be employed so that the work may be finished on time?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #512899 by richwmiller(17219)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 200*50=10000 man days for 1/4 of the job \n" ); document.write( "He needs 30000 man days to finish the job. \n" ); document.write( "He has 100 more days to finish the job \n" ); document.write( "30000/100=300 men \n" ); document.write( "He needs 100 more plus his original 200\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |