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A certain number of men complete a piece of work in 60 days. If there were 8 men more the work would have been completed in 10 days less. How many men were there originally?

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B. 20
C. 30
D. 40
E. 50
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40.

If there are x workers in first case 1 man will take 60x. In second it will be 50(x+8)

60x = 50x + 400
x = 40
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suppose total number of men = x

x men can work a job in 60 days
x men can work 1/60 job in 1 day
1 man can work 1/60x in 1 day..........................1

x+8 can do the same job in 50 days
similarly,
1 man can do 1/50(x+8) job in 1 day ..............2

from 1 and 2, 1/60x = 1/50(x+8)

solving the equation, x = 40 men.
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40.
x-----60 days
x+8----50 days.
(x+8)50=60x
50x+400=60x
therefore, x=40.
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Applying MDH method
X*60=(x+8)*50

On solving; x=40

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A certain number of men complete a piece of work in 60 days. If there were 8 men more the work would have been completed in 10 days less. How many men were there originally?

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we are asked to find out the no. of workers there were at the beginning .

Let the no. of worker be x. Now we can calculate the total work algebraically.

60*x = total work.

but if there were 8 more men this task could be performed 10 days early. It means we could do the task in 50 days.

(x + 8) = total no. of men

So, 50(x + 8) = total work.

60x = 50(x + 8)

x = 40.

the best answer is D.

Useful property:

no. of men * rate * time = work.
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A certain number of men complete a piece of work in 60 days. If there were 8 men more the work would have been completed in 10 days less. How many men were there originally?

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let x be inital # of men

x = 60
x+8= 50
cross multiply

50x = 60(x+8)

50x=60x+480

50x-60x = 480

-10x = 480

x = - 48

strange why negative num i got :? does it mean that there was only 1 men who was working for 40 men :lol:

anyway 40-8 = 40 :)
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A certain number of men complete a piece of work in 60 days. If there were 8 men more the work would have been completed in 10 days less. How many men were there originally?

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The rate for the unknown number of men is 1/60.

The rate for 8 more men is 1/50.

We can let n = the original number of men and create the proportion:

n/(1/60) = (n + 8)/(1/50)

60n = 50n + 400

10n = 400

n = 40

Answer: D
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We know that
A = RT
Where, A=amount of work
R=rate of work
T=Time taken to complete work

Here, Amount of work =1
And R=1/60 (for first case)
So x man would complete it in 1/60x rate.
Forsecondcase R= 1/50(8+x)

Now both rates shall be equal,so

60x = 50(8+x)
Hence x=40

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­Can you explain MDH methods for this one please
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