16 men complete one-fourth of a piece of work in 12 days. What is the additional number of men required to complete the work in 12 more days ? Option 1 : 48 option 2 : 36 option 3 : 30 option 4 : 16
Answers
Answer:
1. 48 men
Step-by-step explanation:
If 16 people do 1/4th work in 12 days, they need 12*4=48 days to complete it.
Hence, one person can do whole work alone in 48*16=768 days.
Now considering 1/4th work is already done. We need to so remaining 3/4th in 12 days. If one person does it, he will need 768*3/4 = 576 days.
And no. of people required to do it in 12 days , 576/12 = 48 people
Answer: Option 1 : 48 men is required.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given : 16 men complete one fourth of work in 12 days
To Find : Number of additional men to complete the work in 12 more days.
Solution :
According to the question,
16 people do one fourth of work in 12 days
∴ Number of days to complete the work by 16 men = 12 × 4=48 days
∴ One person can complete the work alone in 48*16=768 days.
Since, one fourth of the work is already done, so for remaining three fourth of work is needed to be completed in 12 days.
∴ If one person complete the work, he will need 768*3/4 = 576 days.
∴ No. of people required to do it in 12 days , 576/12 = 48 people
∴ Option 1 : 48 men is required.
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