Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9 hours a
day. How many hour a day should 40 men work to complete the job?

(a) 8 hrs
(b) 7 1/2 hrs
(c) 7 hrs
(d) 9 hrs

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Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9 hours a day. How many hour a day should 40 men ..

Answer / guest

7 1/2 hrs

Is This Answer Correct ?    182 Yes 75 No

Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9 hours a day. How many hour a day should 40 men ..

Answer / mv jaysheelan

(30Men x 20days x 9hrs)/(40Men) = 135 hrs per day. Which
is impossible. So, the answer is none.

Since the question is vague, if you don't answer this
question you may be given mark for this question.

The question should have been

1. How many days 40 men working 9 hrs a day will take to
complete the work.
Answer: (30Men x 20days x 9hrs)/(40Men x 9 hrs) = 15days

2. How many hours a day should 40 men work for 20days will
take to complete the work.
Answer: (30hrs x 20day x 9hrs)/(40Men x 20days)=6 3/4 hrs

Is This Answer Correct ?    122 Yes 34 No

Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9 hours a day. How many hour a day should 40 men ..

Answer / venkatesh prabhu.g

30*20*9=40*20*x
(3*9)\4=x
6.7hrs

Is This Answer Correct ?    104 Yes 41 No

Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9 hours a day. How many hour a day should 40 men ..

Answer / dhanaraj

days is eqaul....
so calculte power and time..
power 30 hour 9
power 40 hour x
40x=30*9
x=270/40
x=6.75
x=6 3/4

Is This Answer Correct ?    56 Yes 11 No

Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9 hours a day. How many hour a day should 40 men ..

Answer / herry

27/4 hours Per Day Is Foll and Final Answer

Is This Answer Correct ?    56 Yes 27 No

Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9 hours a day. How many hour a day should 40 men ..

Answer / vidya

In both cases days are same
so
m1*ti=m2*t2
30*9=40*t2
t2=270/40=71/2

Is This Answer Correct ?    213 Yes 192 No

Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9 hours a day. How many hour a day should 40 men ..

Answer / vishal pitaliya

30*20*9=40*20*x

x= (30*20*9)/(40*20)

x= 27/4

x=6 3/4 hrs answer

Is This Answer Correct ?    31 Yes 10 No

Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9 hours a day. How many hour a day should 40 men ..

Answer / suratnarayan tripathi

30*20*9=40*20*x
600*9=800*x
5400=800*x
x=5400/800
x=54/8
x=27/4 Hours
x=6.75 hours

It means
x=7 hour and 15 minutes

Is This Answer Correct ?    30 Yes 19 No

Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9 hours a day. How many hour a day should 40 men ..

Answer / sumit sourabh

‎40 men work 6 hours 45 minutes a day for 20 days to complete the job...........

AS WE SEE
(30*20*9)=(40*20*H)
5400=800 * H
H = 6.75 HOURS
I.E; 6 HOURS 45 MINUTES IS THE WORK DONE PER DAY

Is This Answer Correct ?    9 Yes 2 No

Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9 hours a day. How many hour a day should 40 men ..

Answer / baddy

equation given: 30 x 9 = 40 x X
=> X = 30 x 9 /40
=270/40
= 6.75
= 6 hrs and 45 mins

So,Ans is
6.75 hrs

Is This Answer Correct ?    5 Yes 0 No

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