Question

2 Marks:
A takes o days less than the time taken by B to finish a certain pie
finish it in 4 days. Find the time taken hur* to do the work.com
ame taken by B to finish a certain piece of work. If both A and B together​

Answer 1

Answer:

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Answer 2

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

We call the time it takes for B to finish the piece of work  

x

.

For problems like these, we must consider how much work can be done in one day.

1

x

+

1

x

−

6

=

1

4

x

−

6

x

(

x

−

6

)

+

x

x

(

x

−

6

)

=

1

4

4

(

x

−

6

+

x

)

=

x

2

−

6

x

4

(

2

x

−

6

)

=

x

2

−

6

x

8

x

−

24

=

x

2

−

6

x

0

=

x

2

−

14

x

+

24

0

=

(

x

−

12

)

(

x

−

2

)

x

=

12

and

2

If the time it takes  

B

is  

2

days, then the time it takes  

A

is  

−

4

days, which has no sense.

Therefore, it would take  

B

a period of  

12

days to finish the job.

Hopefully this helps!