Given,
Total number of assemblers = 20
They work a job in 6 hours.
To find,
Time to complete the work if the number of assemblers is cut back to 12.
Solution,
Initially,
20 assemblers = 6 hours
1 hour = [tex]\dfrac{20}{6}[/tex] assemblers
If assemblers are 12 then,
[tex]t=\dfrac{20}{6}\times 12\\\\=40[/tex]
Hence, 40 hours will be required if the number of assemblers is cut back to 12.