Two persons could fit new windows in a house in 3 days. (i) One of the persons fell ill before the work started. How long would the job take now?
Solution:
Given, 2 persons can fit new windows in a house in 3 days. (i) One of the person got ill. Then the number of days required would be = 2 × 3 / 1 = 6 days (ii) To fit windows in 1 day, the number of persons required would be = 2 × 3 / 1 = 6 persons