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Question
Twelve typists, all working with the same speed, type a certain number of pages in 18 days working 8 hours a day. Find, how many hours per day must sixteen typists work in order to type the same number of pages in 9 days?
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Solution
12 typists can type in 18 days with the number of working hours in day = 8 hours
1 typist can type in 18 days = 8 x 12 hour
1 typist can type in 9 days = 2 (8 x 12) hour
16 typist can type in a day = `(2(8xx12))/16` = 12 hours
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