Multiple choice

In a factory, there are equal number of women and children. Women work for 6 hours a day and children for 4 hours a day. During festival time, the work load goes up by 50\%. The government rule does not allow children to work for more than 6 hours a day. If they are equally efficient and the extra work is done by women, then extra hours of work put in by women every day are

  1. 4

  2. 9

  3. 5

  4. 3
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Let there be x women and x children. Normally, total work hours = 6x + 4x = 10x. With 50% increase, total work = 15x hours. Children can work max 6 hrs/day (increase of 2x hours). So women must do 15x - 6x = 9x hours. Each woman's increase = 9x - 6x = 3x hours, which is 3 hours per woman.

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