- A2 days
- B3 days
- COn time
- D1 day
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Total work man-days. With 15 men that is 31 days: 1 day late.
Answer: D) 1 day
A contractor employs 15 men to finish a job in 30 days. After 24 days he adds 6 men and finishes 1 day early. Had he not added them, how late would the job have been?
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