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5 boys and 3 girls can together cultivate a 23 acre field in 4 days and 3 boys and 2 girls together can cultivate a 7 acre field in 2 days. How many girls will be needed together with 7 boys, if they cultivate 45 acres of field in 6 days?5
Q: 5 boys and 3 girls can together cultivate a 23 acre field in 4 days and 3 boys and 2 girls together can cultivate a 7 acre field in 2 days. How many girls will be needed together with 7 boys, if they cultivate 45 acres of field in 6 days?
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Answer : 3. "2"
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Answer: C) 2 Explanation: Let workdone 1 boy in 1 day be b and that of 1 girl be g From the given data, 4(5b + 3g) = 23 20b + 12g = 23 .......(a) 2(3b + 2g) = 7 6b + 4g = 7 ........(b) Solving (a) & (b), we get b = 1, g = 1/4 Let number og girls required be 'p' 6(7 x 1 + p x 1/4) = 45 => p = 2. Hence, number of girls required = 2