A and B can do a piece of work in 6 days and 4 days respectively. A started the work he worked for 2 days and B joined . find the total time taken to complete the work
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Given time to complete work by
a) A= 6 days
b) B =4 days
As a A worked for 2 days, part of work completed
= 2/6
=1/3
B takes 4 days to complete 3/3 work. But 2/3 work left
1 ↪ 4
2/3 ↪ x
1/4= 2/3x
3x=8
x=8/3 days
x= 2 2/3 days
Total time = 4 2/3 days
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Given time to complete work by
a) A= 6 days
b) B =4 days
As a A worked for 2 days, part of work completed
= 2/6
=1/3
B takes 4 days to complete 3/3 work. But 2/3 work left
1 ↪ 4
2/3 ↪ x
1/4= 2/3x
3x=8
x=8/3 days
x= 2 2/3 days
Total time = 4 2/3 days
hope helped!
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