Question

16 men can do a piece of work in 16 days. 4 days after they started the work 8 more men joined them. How many days will they now take to complete the remaining work?

• A. $10days$
• B. $6days$
• C. $8days$
• D. $12days$

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

$8days$

16 men can do work in 16 days
$16\times 16=16\times 4+24\times x$
$x=16\frac{[16-4]}{24}=8days$