document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=898360>Question 898360</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if a 12 men can dig in a pond in 8 days how many can dig it in 6 days?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12*8 = 96 men workforce <BR>\n" );
document.write( "In 8 days<BR>\n" );
document.write( "96/8 = 12 men<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x be the men needed to dig it in 6 days<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In 6 days<BR>\n" );
document.write( "96/6 = x men<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16 men  </SPAN>\n" );
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