SOLUTION: Working 8 hours a day, 24 men do a piece of work in 15 days. Find how many days it would take 16 men working 9 hours a day, to do the same piece of work

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Question 657887: Working 8 hours a day, 24 men do a piece of work in 15 days. Find how many days it would take 16 men working 9 hours a day, to do the same piece of work
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Working 8 hours a day, 24 men do a piece of work in 15 days

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