Question

2 men and 7 boys can do a piece of work in 4 days. The same work is done in 3 days by 4 men and 4 boys. How long would it take one man and one boy to do it?

Answer 1

A man can alone finish the work in days and one boy alone can finish it in days then

One mans one days work =

One boys one days work=

2men one day work=

7boys one day work=

Since 2 men and 7 boys can finish the work in 4 days

Again 4 men and 4 boys can finish the work in 3 days

Putting and in equation and we get

By using cross multiplication we have

Now,

and

Hence, one man alone can finish the work in and one boy alone can finish the work in _.