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I also got 26! Must be an ill formed question.

If 15 men or 24 women or 35 boys do a piece of work in 12 days working 8 hrs a day, how many men must be associated with 12 women and 6 boys to do another piece 9/2 times as great in 30 days working 6 hrs a day

(a) 8 men
(b) 10 men
(c) 12 men
(d) 4 men
(e) 15 men

First piece of work = 15x12x8 man hours = 24x12x8 woman hours = 35x12x8 child hours

Second piece of work = 9/2 x 15x12x8 man hours
= A x 30 x 6
where A is the number of men, if the group composed of only men.

A = 36 men

Lets compute the ratios:
1 woman = 15/24 man
1 child = 15/35 man

So 12 women + 6 boys = 12x15/24 + 6x15/35 = 141/14 = 10.08

Number of men needed = 36 - 10.08 = 26
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My mistake, a typo extremely sorry for wasting your time.
It is 2(1/4) or 2.25 times the work (NOT 9/4). Now you'd get 8.
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