SOLUTION: 6 men take 4 days to complete a part of a job. how many days will it take 8 men to do the same piece of work?

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Question 320389: 6 men take 4 days to complete a part of a job. how many days will it take 8 men to do the same piece of work?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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6 men take 4 days to complete a part of a job.
how many days will it take 8 men to do the same piece of work?
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this is easy using man-days
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6 * 4 = 24 man-days to complete job
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Let d = no. of days for 8 men
8d = 24
d = 24/8
d = 3 days for 8 men to do it