A group of people worked on a project. They finished of the project by working hours a day for days. Thereafter, people left the group and the remaining people finished the rest of the project in days by working hours a day. Then the value of is
A group of people worked on a project. They finished of the project by working hours a day for days. Thereafter, people left the group and the remaining people finished the rest of the project in days by working hours a day. Then the value of is
Solution
We have a classic work and time problem where initially N people work together, later 10 people leave so only (N-10) people continue, and we need to find the total number of people N.
Phase 1: Initial work period
People: N
Time: 7 hours/day for 10 days = 70 hours total
Work completed: 35% of the project
Phase 2: After 10 people left
People: (N-10)
Time: 10 hours/day for 14 days = 140 hours total
Work completed: Remaining 65% of the project
The amount of work done per person per hour remains constant throughout the project.
This gives us the formula:
If each person works at the same rate, then doubling the people or doubling the hours should double the work output.
Since the work rate is constant:
Left side: N people × 70 hours ÷ 35% work = work rate
Right side: (N-10) people × 140 hours ÷ 65% work = same work rate
The left side simplifies to:
Our equation becomes:
The original group had 140 people working on the project.