Work Work Work Question
Algebra
Level
3
X can do a piece of work in 40 days. He works at it for 8 days and then Y finished it in 16 days. Can you imagine how long will they together take to complete the work
?
The answer is 13.3337.
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1 solution
If X = 1/5 then Y = 4/5. If (4/5)Y = 16 days, then Y = 20 days.
Y = X/2.
X + X/2 = 20
X ≈ 13.334 days
And it is also possible to use Y + 2Y = 40.