Question 46

While executing a job, what 20 women candoin 16 days will be done by 16 menin 15 days.Find the ratio of capacity of a man to that of a woman.

Solution

Let us assume capacity of women as 'w' and men as 'm'

$$ work=capacity \times time $$

$$ 20 \times w \times 16 = 16 \times m \times 15 $$

thus, solving

m:w=4:3

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