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2 men and 3 women can finish a piece of work in 10 days. while 4 men can do it in 10 days. how many days can 3 men and 3 women take to finish the same work??

A) 8 days
B) 10 days
C) 12 days
D) 14 days
E) 18 days

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2 men and 3 women can finish a piece of work in 10 days. while 4 men can do it in 10 days. how many days can 3 men and 3 women take to finish the same work??

A) 8 days
B) 10 days
C) 12 days
D) 14 days
E) 18 days

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Had options been more well thought out, this is what you could have done:

2 men and 3 women finish it in 10 days
4 men (2 men + 2 men) finish it in 10 days

So 3 women are equivalent to 2 men.

Then 3 men and 3 women are equivalent to 3 men and 2 men i.e. 5 men.

Now, 4 men complete the job in 10 days.
So 5 men will take 10*(4/5) = 8 days (fewer days will be taken so multiply by 4/5, the fraction less than 1)

For more on this method, check this post: https://www.gmatclub.com/forum/veritas-prep-resource-links-no-longer-available-399979.html#/2015/1 ... made-easy/
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Can be solved just by seeing answers, IF 2m+2W take 10 days, it obviously will take less time for 3M+3W => Check for option less that 10 days(A).
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2 men and 3 women can finish a piece of work in 10 days. while 4 men can do it in 10 days. how many days can 3 men and 3 women take to finish the same work??

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let m=daily rate of 1 man
10*4m=1
m=1/40
let w=daily rate of 1 woman
10(2/40+3w)=1
w=1/60
let d=number of days for 3 men and 3 women
d(3/40+3/60)=1
d=8 days
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2 men and 3 women can finish a piece of work in 10 days. while 4 men can do it in 10 days. how many days can 3 men and 3 women take to finish the same work??

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Yes, no need for solving it .,..seeing the answer we can predict the answer ...
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2 men and 3 women can finish a piece of work in 10 days. while 4 men can do it in 10 days. how many days can 3 men and 3 women take to finish the same work??

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3 men and 3 women will definitely get the job done in less time than 2 men and 3 women, who can finish the job in 10 days. The only answer choice that is less than 10 days is A, 8 days.

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Could somebody please explain the conventional method for the problem?
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Step 1.
Rate of work for man can be calculated with data in stem.
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Rate of work for man and women combined is also given in stem.
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Thus rate for women to be calculated as rate of women=Rate of both - Rate of man
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Since rate of man and women are known we can calculate rate for 3 men and 3 women and thus time required( time = 1/Rate)

All is done in above post by gracie
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Assume,
Total Work = 120 units
4 men take 10 days to complete 120 units.
i.e 4 men complete 12 units a day
or each men does 3 units a day.

AND
2 men and 3 women take 10 days to complete 120 units.
i.e. 2M & 3W complete 12 units a day.
Since each men does 3 units a day, 2 men do 6 units a day. And 3 women do remaining 6 units a day i.e. each women does 2 units a day.

So 3 men do (3*3) 9 units a day and 3 women do (2*3) 6 units a day. In total, 15 units a day by 3 men & 3 women.
So, 3 men & 3 women will take (120/15) 8 days to complete the work.
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Number of workers and time taken to complete a work are inversely related.
If more workers are involved, it will take less time to complete the work.
Here, 2 men and 3 women take 10 days to complete the work. If you employ 1 more male worker (now 3 men & 3 women), it will take less time i.e. less than 10 days.
Only option A fits.
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2m+3w= 4m
3w = 2m
3w +3m=2m+3m=5m
4m can do it in 10 days so 5m will do it 4*10/5=8 days
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