5 men can make 1000 similar articles in 18 days. 20 women can do the same work in 6 days and 15 children can do it in 10 days. 12 men, 10 women and 5 children worked for 3 days for making 1000 articles of same kind. If the remaining work is to be completed by women only in 1 day, how many women will be required?
1). 36
2). 28
3). 30
4). Cannot be determined
Here the number of articles to be made is same in each case so it can be consider as total work.
Part of the work 5 men can do in one day = 1/18
Part of the work 1 man can do in one day = $(\frac{1}{{18 \times 5}}{\rm{\;}} = {\rm{\;}}\frac{1}{{90}})$
Part of the work 20 women can do in one day = 1/6
Part of the work 1 woman can do in one day = $(\frac{1}{{6 \times 20}}{\rm{\;}} = {\rm{\;}}\frac{1}{{120}})$
Part of the work 15 children can do in one day = 1/10
Part of the work 1 child can do in one day = $(\frac{1}{{15 \times 10}}{\rm{\;}} = {\rm{\;}}\frac{1}{{150}})$
Part of the work 12 men, 10 women and 5 children can do in 3 days = $(3 \times \left( {\frac{{12}}{{90}} + \frac{{10}}{{120}} + \frac{5}{{150}}} \right))$
⇒ Part of work finished = $(\frac{{12}}{{30}} + \frac{{10}}{{40}} + \frac{5}{{50}}{\rm{\;}} = {\rm{\;}}\frac{2}{5} + \frac{1}{4} + \frac{1}{{10}}{\rm{\;}} = {\rm{\;}}\frac{{8 + 5 + 2}}{{20}}{\rm{\;}} = {\rm{\;}}\frac{{15}}{{20}}{\rm{\;}} = {\rm{\;}}\frac{3}{4})$
Remaining work = $(1 - \frac{3}{4}{\rm{\;}} = {\rm{\;}}\frac{1}{4})$
Let us assume we need n women to complete the remaining work in one day,
Then Part of the work n women can do in one day = $(\frac{{\rm{n}}}{{120}}{\rm{\;}} = {\rm{\;}}\frac{1}{4})$
⇒ n = 120/4 = 30