4 men can develop a mobile app in 3 days. 3 women can develop the same app in 6 days, whereas 6 boys can develop it in 4 days. 3 men and 6 boys worked together for 1 day. If only women were to finish the remaining work in 1 day, how many women would be required?
4 men can develop a mobile app in 3 days. 3 women can develop the same app in 6 days, whereas 6 boys can develop it in 4 days. 3 men and 6 boys worked together for 1 day. If only women were to finish the remaining work in 1 day, how many women would be required?
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Let’s first find the work done by each group in one day, which we can call their work rate. We’ll denote the total work to develop the app as 1 unit of work.
– 4 men can develop the app in 3 days, so their work rate is \( \frac{1}{3 \times 4} = \frac{1}{12} \) of the work per day per man.
– 3 women can develop the app in 6 days, so their work rate is \( \frac{1}{6 \times 3} = \frac{1}{18} \) of the work per day per woman.
– 6 boys can develop the app in 4 days, so their work rate is \( \frac{1}{4 \times 6} = \frac{1}{24} \) of the work per day per boy.
Now, 3 men and 6 boys worked together for 1 day. The work done by them in 1 day is:
\[ 3 \times \frac{1}{12} + 6 \times \frac{1}{24} = \frac{1}{4} + \frac{1}{4} = \frac{1}{2} \text{ of the work} \]
So, half of the work is remaining.
If only women are to finish the remaining half of the work in 1 day, the number of women required is:
\[ \text{Number of women} = \frac{\text{Remaining work}}{\text{Work rate of one woman}} = \frac{1/2}{1/18} = 9 \text{ women} \]
Therefore, 9 women would be required to finish the remaining work in 1 day.