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\n" ); document.write( "please help me to answer this question. eight men lake 12 days to cultivate a piece of land.
\n" ); document.write( "after working for 3 days. six more men were employed. how long did they take to cultivate a land
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document.write( "After 3 days, 1/4 of the job was done; 3/4 of the job remained.\r\n" );
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document.write( "8 workers would complete the remaining job in 9 days (under regular conditions).\r\n" );
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document.write( "But 8+6 = 14 workers will complete the remaining job in  \r\n" );
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document.write( "     =  =  =  = 5  days.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Usually, in such problems, the problem composers match numbers in a way to get an integer answer.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Then the students are inspired by the beauty of a solution.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Other \" math composers \" do not care about it.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Such math composers (of the second kind) should simply ruthlessly be kicked out of the profession
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The solution by @josgarithmetic, giving the answer 9/7 of a day, is INCORRECT.\r
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