Six women alone can complete a piece of work in 10 days whereas 10 children alone take 15 days to complete the same piece of work. How many days will 6 women and 10 children together take to complete the piece of work ?
6 women take 10 days to complete a piece of work.
So, the amount of work done by 6 women in 1 day is $$\frac{1}{10}$$
10 children take 15 days to complete a piece of work.
So, the amount of work done by 10 children in 1 day is $$\frac{1}{15}$$
So, the amount of work done by 6 women and 10 children in 1 day is $$\frac{1}{10}+\frac{1}{15} = \frac{1}{6}$$
Hence, the number of days taken by 6 women and 10 children to complete the piece of work is 6 days.
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