12 men can do a piece of work in 24 days. How many days are needed to complete the work, if 8 men are engaged in the same work?

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Let the required number of days be N. Let men, More days (indirect proportion) 8 : 12 : : 24 : N ∴ N = (12 x 24)/8 = 36 days

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