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Question 851616: A man undertakes to do a piece of work in 150 days. He employs 200 men. He finds that only a quarter of work done in 50 days. How many additional men must be employed so that the work may be finished on time?
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 200*50=10000 man days for 1/4 of the job
He needs 30000 man days to finish the job.
He has 100 more days to finish the job
30000/100=300 men
He needs 100 more plus his original 200
