Question

It takes 8 days for 35 labourers to harvest coffee on a plantation. How long will 20 labourers take to harvest coffee on the same plantation​

Answer 1

Answer:

14 days

Explanation:

It takes 8 days by 35 labours to harvest coffee on a plantation.

then,

8×35=280 labour/days

then,

20 labour do the same work

280÷20=14

therefore,14 days are taken by 20 labours to complete the same work.

Answer 2

It will take 14 days for 20 labourers take to harvest coffee on the same plantation​

Given:

Total labourers = 35

Total time taken to harvest coffee on a plantation =  8 days

To Find:

Time taken by 20 labourers take to harvest coffee on the same plantation​

Solution:

Let the number of days needed by  20 labourers take to harvest coffee on the same plantation​ be = x

As the number of labourers and the number of days are in inverse proportion.

Therefore,

8 × 35 = x × 20

x = 8 × 35/20

x = 8 × 7/4

x = 2 × 7

x = 14

Answer: It will take 14 days for 20 labourers take to harvest coffee on the same plantation​

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