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30 laborers working 7 hours a day can finish a piece of work in 18 days. If the laborers work 6 hours a day, then find the number of laborers required to finish the same piece of work in 30 days.


The answer is 21.

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6 solutions

Naved Husain
Mar 31, 2014

30 men 7 hrs need 18 days, 30 men 6 hrs will need 18x7/6=21 days , 1 man 6 hr will need 21x30 days, Therefore to finish the work in 30 days we need 21x30/30 men=21 men

7 (labors) x 18 (days) = 126 hours in total.

6 (labors) x 30 (days) = 180 hours in total.

Simplified Fraction: 126/180 --> 7/10

7 x 3 = 21

Therefore, they would need 21 labors to finish the same piece of work in 30 days.

Uday Islam - 7 years, 1 month ago

Simply try this 30 7 18=30 6 x

ashutosh mahapatra - 7 years, 1 month ago

Let x x be the required number of laborers, then

x 6 30 = 30 7 18 x\cdot 6 \cdot 30 = 30 \cdot 7\cdot 18

x = 21 x=21

Azadali Jivani
Aug 11, 2015

30 * 7 * 18 = 3780
L * 6 * 30 = 3780
L = 3780/180 = 21 (Ans.)

Mayank Holmes
May 26, 2014

suppose each worker does 1 joule of work each hour....... so the amount of work to be done to complete the job is ( 30 * 7 * 18) joules............ now if X laborers are employed for 6 hrs a day and the work is to be completed in 30 days ...... the work to be done will be ( 30 * 6 * X )
now equate .............. ( 30 * 7 * 18 = 30 * 6 * X ) ........... which gives x= 21.

Abdelrhman Azooz
Apr 17, 2014

let laborers be x : 30 laborers 7 hrs 18 days= 30 7 18 = 3780 ......x laborers 6 hrs 30 days= x 6 30 = 3780.........
x=3780\180 =21.....................21

Aronas Nuresi
Apr 15, 2014

1 n = 1 30 7 18 6 30 = 1 21 \frac{1}{n}=\frac{1}{30\cdot 7\cdot 18} \cdot 6 \cdot 30 = \frac{1}{21}

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