At a workplace, one man alone can complete a work in 36 days. If the entire staff, i.e., 6 women and 4 men can complete the work in 6 days, how many days will one woman alone take to complete the entire work?
The correct answer is 108.
Solving Strategy: Identify the total work. Determine the individual or group rates from the given information. Use the relationship Work = Rate × Time to form equations. Solve the equations to find the unknown rate or time.
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