Question

six men can complete a piece of work in 48 hours.In how many hours will 24 men complete the same piece of work?

Answer 1

according to the question
no.of hours= 6×48÷24
=6×2
=12
so, 24 men can complete the work in 12 days

Answer 2

Given:

Six men can complete a piece of work in 48 hours.

To find:

The time taken by 24 men to complete the same piece of work.

Solution:

It took 192 hours for 24 men to complete the same piece of work.

We can solve the above mathematical problem using the following mathematical approach.

According to the question, six men can complete a piece of work in 48 hours, this can be written in the form of -

Six men ⇒ 48 hours

Twenty-four men ⇒ ?

From this, we can deduce that:

Time taken by 24 men to complete the same piece of work - $\frac{24}{6} \times 48 = 192 \hspace{0.1cm} hours.$

Therefore, the time taken by 24 men to complete the same piece of work is 192 hours.