A group of N people worked on a project. They finished 35% of the project by working 7 hours a day for 10 days. Thereafter, 10 people left the group and the remaining people finished the rest of the project in 14 days by working 10 hours a day. Then the value of N is &nbsp;

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A group of N people worked on a project. They finished 35% of the project by working 7 hours a day for 10 days. Thereafter, 10 people left the group and the remaining people finished the rest of the project in 14 days by working 10 hours a day. Then the value of N is

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A.
23
B.
140
C.
36
D.
150

Option B is the correct answer.

Explanatory Answer

N people finish 35% of the project by working 7 hours a day for 10 days.
N people finish 35% of the project by working 70 hours.
N people finish 5% of the project by working 10 hours.
N people finish 65% of the project by working 130 hours.
65% of the project is done in N * 130 man hours.
The remaining 65% was actually done by (N-10) people in 14 days by working 10 hours a day.
(N-10) people finish 65% of the project by working 140 hours.
65% of the project is done in (N - 10) * 140 man hours.
N * 130 = (N - 10) * 140
13N = 14N - 140
N = 140