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Two persons could fit new windows in a house in 3 days.(i)            One of the persons fell ill before the work started. How long would the job take now?(ii)           How many persons would be needed to fit the windows in one day?

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Given, 2 persons can fit new window in a house in 3 days
. (i) One of the person got ill.
Then no. of days required would be = `2×3/1 =6` days
(ii) To fit window in 1 day,
No. of person required would be = `2×3/1 =6` persons
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