3 pumps, working 8 hours a day, can empty a tank in 2 days. How many hours a day must 4 pumps work to empty the tank in 1 day?
12 hours! Pumping hours required = 3*8*2 = 48 pumping hours Hours/day required by 4 pumps = 48/4 = 12
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12 labours construct 120 toys in 8 days working 8 hours per day . If two them leave the work , then how many days are required to do the same work with a working of 6 hours per day ?
If 9 boy working 15/2 hours a day can finish a work in 20 days, then how many days will be taken by 12 boy working 6 hours a day to finish the work, it being given than 3 boy of latter type work as much as 2 boy of he former type in the same.
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