7 men, 15 women can complete a piece of work in 15 days and the same work is completed by 18 men and 20 women in eight days. If X men and 20 women can complete the work in 10 days. Then find X.
Correct Answer :
12
Solution :
To find the value of , we can establish a relationship between the rates of work of men and women. Let the daily work done by one man be and by one woman be .
From the first condition, 7 men and 15 women can complete the work in 15 days. Therefore, the total work () can be written as:
From the second condition, 18 men and 20 women can complete the same work in 8 days. Therefore:
Since the work done in both cases is the same, we equate the two expressions:
Rearranging the terms to solve for the relationship between and :
Dividing both sides by 13 gives:
Hence, the ratio of work efficiency of a man to a woman is:
Now, we can substitute back into the first expression for total work in terms of :
The third condition states that men and 20 women can complete the work in 10 days. Therefore:
Substitute and into this equation:
Divide both sides by :
Subtract 20 from both sides:
Multiply both sides by to solve for :
Thus, the correct option is 12.
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