Question

14 women can cook a required quantity of food in 9 hours. how long will it take to cook the same amount of food by 6 women?

Answer 1

let time taken to cook food by 6 women be xusing- product of extremes=product of means  i.e.14:9::x:6x=(14x9)/6=21time taken=21 hours

Answer 2

$\sf{21 \: is \: the \: correct \: answer.}$

Let the time = x

14 × 9 = 6 × x

x = 14 × 9/6

x = 21