Question
Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days. Sixteen men can complete the same work in fifteen days. What is the ratio between the capacity of a man and a woman?
Answer: Option B
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(20 x 16) women can complete the work in 1 day.
So, 1 woman's 1 day's work = \(\frac{1}{320}\)
(16 x 15) men can complete the work in 1 day.
so, 1 man's 1 day's work = \(\frac{1}{240}\)
So, required ratio = \(\frac{1}{240}:\frac{1}{320}\)
= \(\frac{1}{3}:\frac{1}{4}\)
= 4 : 3 (cross multiplied)
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