document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=945957>Question 945957</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If 8 men can plough a field in 9 hours, how long would it take 18 men at the same rate?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. 20 1/4 hours<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. 19 hours<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. 10 hours<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d. 4hours </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "1/8 that number of men will take 8 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "times as long to plough 1 field<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1 man ploughs 1 field in 72 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18 times as many men will take 1/18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of that time to plough 1 field<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "18 men plough 1 field in 72/18 = 4 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The answer is (d)\r<BR>\n" );
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