Question : A road of 5 km in length will be constructed in 100 days. So, 280 workers were employed. But after 80 days it was found that only $3\frac{1}{2}$ km road was completed. Now how many more people were needed to finish the work in the specified time?
Option 1: 480
Option 2: 80
Option 3: 200
Option 4: 100
Correct Answer: 200
Solution :
Length of road = 5 km
Deadline of work to be completed = 100 days
Length of road covered by 280 workers in 80 days = $3\frac{1}{2}$ = $\frac{7}{2}$ km
Length of road to be covered in 20 days= 5 – $\frac{7}{2}$ = $\frac{3}{2}$ km
Length of road covered by 1 worker in 20 days = $\frac{7\times 20}{2\times 280\times 80}$ =$\frac{7}{2\times 280\times 4}$ km
Number of men required to complete the remaining work in 20 days = $\frac{\frac{3}{2}}{\frac{7}{2\times 280\times 4}}$ = 480
Surplus men required = 480 – 280 = 200
Hence, the correct answer is 200 men.
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