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3 men at 7 hours per day complete flooring of 84 m in 2 days. how many men can floor 256 m in 4 days working 8 hours

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Answer:

4 men

Explanation:

We presume the effort per "m" remains the same.

First project has effort/m of ...

(3 men)(7 h/day)(2 day)/(84 m) = (42/84) man·day/m = 1/2 man·day/m

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Then the number of men required for the second project is ...

(1/2) man·day/m × (256 m)/(8 h/day × 4 day) = (1·256)/(2·8·4) man = 4 man

It will take 4 men to complete the project in the given time.

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