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A certain number of people can complete can complete a piece of work in 12 days working 5 hours a day. If thenumber of men is decreased by half, how many hours a day should they work, so that the work is to be completed in 15 days ?

A

10

B

9

C

8

D

6

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The correct Answer is:
C

(i) Use variation method.
(ii) Consider the number of men as x in first case. Therefore, the number of men in second case is x/2.
Use `(M_(1)D_(1)H_(1))/(W_(1))=(M_(2)D_(2)H_(2))/(W_(2))` and find `H_(2)`
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