Question 1112556: A contractor undertook to build a road in 200 days he employed 140 men after 60 days he found that only one fourth of the road could be built
how many additional Men should be employed to complete the work in time
Found 4 solutions by josgarithmetic, josmiceli, ikleyn, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39613)   (Show Source):
Answer by josmiceli(19441)  (Show Source):
Answer by ikleyn(52752)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
You just have two solutions.
The solution by @josmiceli is incorrect.
The solution by @josgarithmetic is correct.
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@MathTherapy, I agree with you in that every solution by @josgarithmetic must be re-written, replaced and substituted
until this person will leave the forum.
Answer by MathTherapy(10549)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A contractor undertook to build a road in 200 days he employed 140 men after 60 days he found that only one fourth of the road could be built
how many additional Men should be employed to complete the work in time
The 140 men, in the 60 days, worked at a rate of 33,600 "man-days"
With ¼ of job completed, ¾ remains to be completed in 140 (200 – 60) days
At the same rate (33,600 "man-days"), and with number of additional men being A, we get:
 ______ _______
140 + A = 60(3)
A, or additional number of men needed to complete job = 
Joscemeli, you're WAY, WAY off!!
Based on your answer, and with that number of additional men, for a total of 740,
it sounds more like building a skyscraper, a toll-bridge, or the railroad, I guess!
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