Question 194760
1 engineer working 1 day can do 1/8 * 1/25 = 1/200 of the job.
After 2 days 25 engineers have done 1/4 the job.
Let x be the number of days it take 17 men to do the remaining 3/4 of the job.
17x/200=3/4
x=600/68
=8.82 days
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