Question

2 men or 5 women take 16 days to finish a job how many men should accompany if 10 women to finish job in 4 days​

Answer 1

Answer:

This reminds me (if I recall correctly) of a quote of Thomas Watson Jr., head of IBM back in the day, who said “It still takes a woman 9 months to deliver a baby no matter how many men you assign to the task”.

However, assuming this work/project is divisible, each man can complete 1/30 of the project per day; each woman can complete 1/75 of the project per day. Therefore in one day, 4 men can complete 4/30 of the project and 5 women can complete 5/75 of the project. Thus in one day 4 men and 5 women can complete 4/30 + 5/75 = 2/15+ 1/15 = 3/15 of the project. Total time to complete the project will be 15/3 days or 5 days.

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

1 man does (1/30)th of the work in day. 4 men can do (4/30) or (2/15)th of the work in 1 day.

1 woman does (1/75)th of the work in day. 5 women can do (5/75) or (1/15)th of the work in 1 day.

So 4 men and 5 women do (2/15)+(1/15) = (3/15) = (1/5)th of the work in 1 day.

Thus, 4 men and 5 women will do the same work in 5 days. Answer.