10 women take 16 days to complete a work which can be completed by 6 men in 8 days. 12 men started working and after 2 days 6 men left, and 5 women joined them. In how many days will the work be completed?

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  1. \(3 \over 2\)
  2. \(16 \over 5\)
  3. \(5 \over 2\)
  4. \(26 \over 5\)

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Option 4 : \(26 \over 5\)
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Given:

10 women take 16 days to complete a work which 6 men can complete in 8 days.

12 men started working and after 2 days 6 men left, and 5 women joined them

Formula used:

Total work = Number of men × number of days 

Concept used:

Total work is the same 

Calculation:

As per the question,

10W × 16 = 6M × 8

⇒ M : W = 10 : 3

Total work is 16 × 10 × 3 = 480 units

12 men did in  2 days,

⇒ 12 × 10 × 2 = 240 units

The remaining work is 480 -240 = 240 units

The remaining work did by 6 men and 5 women.

Let it will be completed in x days .

As per the question,

⇒ 240 = 6 × 10 × x + 5 × 3 × x

⇒ x = 240 / 75

⇒ x = 16 /5 days

Total time = 16/5 + 2 = 26/5 days.

∴ The correct option is 4

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