Question 1105951
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If four clerks could copy a report of twenty four pages in three days, then the rate of work of ONE clerk is 


{{{24/(3*4)}}} = 2 pages per day.


Then  2*6*days = 36 is your equation to find the number of days:  days = {{{36/(2*6)}}} = 3.
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<U>Answer</U>.  3 days.


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