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11 men can dig -metre-long trench in one day. How many men should be employed for digging 27-metre-long trench of the same type in one day?

More the length of the trench, more will be the no. of men required to finish it in a day. So it is a direct proportion.


6 m = m


Let the no. of men be x,


⇒ × x = 27 × 11


⇒ x = = 44 men

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