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120 men working 9 hours a day can construct a road in 40 days.how long would it take to construct the same road if 150 men work 6 hours a day on it?
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lucky75

Given :-

  • 120 men working 9 hours a day can construct a road in 40 days.

To Find :-

  • long would it take to construct the same road if 150 men work 6 hours a day on it?

Solution :-

Here,

  • Let the time be y
  • 120/150 = 9/6 = 40/y
  • 120 × 9/150 × 6 = 40/y
  • 1080/150 × 6 = 40/y
  • 1080/900 = 40/y

By, Cross Multiplication

  • 40 × 900 = 1080 × y
  • 36,000 = 1080 × y
  • 36,000 = 1080y
  • 36,000/1080 = y
  • [tex]\bold {y = 33.33 \: days}[/tex]

Therefore,

  • 33.33 days for 150 men to construct the road working for 6 hours each day.
QueenOfAttitude

Answer:

This is a question from Ratio and Proportion based concept.

Given that,

120 men working for 9 hours a day, construct a road in 40 days. We are required to calculate the number of days to construct the road if 150 people work for 6 hours.

Let's assume the number of days taken for constructing is 'x'.

So normally we take 2 ratios and obtain the unknown value by cross multiplication.

Applying the same approach we get:

[tex]\implies \frac{ 120\:men}{150\:men}=\frac{9\:hours}{6\:hours}=\frac{40\:days}{x\:days}[/tex]

Since the first two fractions are inversely related, we multiply the numerators and denominators respectively.

Hence we get:

[tex]\begin{gathered}\implies \dfrac{ 120\: men \times 9\: hours}{150\: men \times 6\: hours} = \dfrac{ 40\: days}{x\: days}\\\\\\\implies \dfrac{1080}{900} = \dfrac{40}{x}\\\\\\\sf{Cross~ multiplying ~these~ 2 ~fractions~ we~ get:}\\\\\\\implies 1080 \times x = 40 \times 900 \\\\\\\implies x = \dfrac{ 40 \times 900}{1080}\\\\\\\implies x = \dfrac{36000}{1080}\\\\\\\implies x = \boxed{ 33.33 \:\: days}\end{gathered}[/tex]

Hence it takes 33.33 days for 150 men to construct the road working for 6 hours each day.

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