6 person completes a work in 16 days, 8 people will complete the job in how many days.
Answer: 12
Explanation
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the number of days be x , then
As it is an inverse variation
6×16=8×x
(6×16)÷8=x (by transposing 8)
=12
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