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5 men and 4 women can shovel as much snow in 6 days as 4 men and 6 women can shovel in 5 days. Who are the better workers, the men or women and by how much?
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I don't know about being \"better\" workers, but when it comes to time taken to do the shoveling, a man is faster, as a woman takes twice the time a man takes.
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document.write( "In both cases, the men did a larger portion of the shoveling than the women.
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document.write( "In the 6 days taken to shovel, the 5 men did  of the shoveling, while the 4 women did .
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document.write( "In the 5 days taken to shovel, the 4 men did  of the shoveling, while the 6 women did . \n" );
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