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Some persons can do a piece of work in 12 days. Two times the number of such persons will do half of that work in

  • A.6 days
  • B.12 days
  • C.4 days
  • D.3 days

Answer: D

Let x men can do the in 12 days and the required number of days be z

 

More men, Less days     [Indirect Proportion]

 

Less work, Less days     [Direct Proportion  ]

 men2x:xwork1:12 :: 12 : z

∴2x×1×z=x×12×12

 ⇒z=3

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