If 9 examiners can examine a certain number of answer books in 12 days, working 5 hours a day; for how many hours a day would 4 examiners have to work in order to examine twice the number of answer book is 30 days?

Correct Answer: 9
Hints: 9 examiners in 12 days × books working 5 hr/day 1 examiners in 1 days 5×9×12 hr/day 4 examiners in 30 days 2x = (5×9×12×2)/(4×30) = 9 hr/day