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- 100 more workers worked for 5 days to get the work done on time.
So total 200 worked for last 5 days. If the additional workers would not have been employed, 5 extra days would have been required for 100 workers to complete the work.

My take on this: D
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Followed the Quick Approach:

200 Workers completed the work in 5 days.
100 workers would have done in double time: 10 days.

Answer: 5 days extra, Option D

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