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 A group of workers accepted to do a piece of work in 25 days. If 6 of them did not turn for the work and the remaining workers did the work in 40 days, then the original number of workers was

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 A group of workers accepted to do a piece of work in 25 days. If 6 of them did not turn for the work and the remaining workers did the work in 40 days, then the original number of workers was

A). 27 days

B). 24 days

C). 20 days

D). 16 days


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16 days



Let the original number of workers be ‘x’ 

Then, x × 25 = (x – 6) × 40 

25x = 40x -240 

240 = 40x -25x = 15x 

x = 240/15 = 16.

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