A woman working with her daughter takes 2 hours to complete the house work, and takes 3 hours when working alone. How long would it take the daughter to complete the housework if working alone.
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Let the work rate of the woman and the daughter be x and y respectively. We know that
Let the amount of housework to be done be w . We have:
w = 3 x ⟹ Eq.(1)
w = 2 ( x + y ) ⟹ Eq.(2)
Substitute Eq.(1) into Eq.(2):
3 x = 2 x + 2 y ⟹ x = 2 y ⟹ Eq.(3)
Now, let the time taken for the daughter to complete the housework be t . We have
w = y t
Substitute Eq.(1) in here:
3 x = y t
Substitute Eq.(3) in here:
3 ( 2 y ) = y t 6 y = y t t = 6