Person A works twice as fast as person B.
Person B can complete a piece of work independently in 12 days.
Find the number of days taken by person A and B together to finish the work.
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Since A works twice as fast as B so he completes it in 6 days
Part of work done by A in 1 day = 6 1 .
Part of work done by B in 1 day = 1 2 1 .
1 day work of both A and B = 6 1 + 1 2 1 .
= 1 2 3 = 4 1 .
No. of days they take to finish the work = 4