document.write( "Question 494362: It takes 4 men 14 days to do a certain job. How long should it take 7 men working at the same rate to do the same job? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "It takes 4 men 14 days to do a certain job.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(1)   The whole job is   4 * 14 = 56 man-days.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(2)   7 men will make it in   56/7 = 8 days.         ANSWER\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "It is how my teachers taught us solving such problems 65 years ago.\r
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