1 General Mental and Psychological Abilities · 1.3.3 Time, work, speed and distance

1.3.3.6 Time and work: alternate days, leaving and joining, and men–women–boys equivalence

Break the job into phases, write the work done in each phase as rate × days, and make the phases add up to the whole job; for mixed groups, first turn everyone into one kind of worker.

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Key terms

  • alternate days
  • leaving before completion
  • joining midway
  • phases of work
  • men women children
  • equivalence
  • food provisions
  • extra workers
  • caselet
  • wages by work done

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