document.write( "Question 1206440: A farmer ploughs his land in 12 days if he uses 5 tractors how long will it take if he uses only 3 tractors \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "A farmer ploughs his land in 12 days if he uses 5 tractors (with operators)
\n" ); document.write( "how long will it take if he uses only 3 tractors (with operators).
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document.write( "If he used only 1 tractor (with operator), it would take him 5 times as long,\r\n" );
document.write( "or 60 days.\r\n" );
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document.write( "But if he used 3 tractors (with operators), it would take him only 1/3 that long,\r\n" );
document.write( "and 1/3 of 60 days is 20 days.\r\n" );
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