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A certain number of men can finish a piece of work in 100 days. If there were 10 men less, it would take 10 days more for the work to be finished. How many men were there originally?

Correct Answer: 110

Explanation:

Given in the question,
Let k be the men there originally .
Work done by y men can finish = 100 days
If there were 10 men less, it would take more days finish the work in 10 days
i.e. ( k - 10 ) = 110
According to question ,
k × 100 = ( k - 10 ) × 110
⇒ 100k = 110k - 1100 ⇒ 10k = 1100 ⇒ k = 110
Therefore , 110 men were there originally .


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