document.write( "Question 1207487: please help me to answer this question. eight men lake 12 days to cultivate a piece of land. after working for 3 days. six more men were employed. how long did they take to cultivate a land \n" ); document.write( "
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Normally, 8 men work for 12 days to do 1 job.
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\n" ); document.write( "8 men for 3 days and then 8+6=14 men for some unknown x more days to finish 1 job;
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\n" ); document.write( "\"24%281%2F8%29%281%2F12%29%2B14%281%2F8%29%281%2F12%29x=1\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"7x%2F12=3\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x=3%2812%2F7%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"1%2B7x%2F3=4\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"cross%28x=9%2F7%29\"------ a little over a day with the extra six men to finish
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