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# A can do 1/3 of the work in 5 days and B can do 2/5 of the work in 10

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A can do $$\frac{1}{3}$$ of the work in 5 days and B can do $$\frac{2}{5}$$ of the work in 10 days. In how many days both A and B together can do the work?

A) 7$$\frac{3}{4}$$

B) 8$$\frac{4}{5}$$

C) 9$$\frac{3}{8}$$

D) 10

E) 12
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A can do $$\frac{1}{3}$$ of the work in 5 days and B can do $$\frac{2}{5}$$ of the work in 10 days. In how many days both A and B together can do the work?

A) 7$$\frac{3}{4}$$

B) 8$$\frac{4}{5}$$

C) 9$$\frac{3}{8}$$

D) 10

E) 12

This approach looks time-consuming. It isn't. Find and add rates. Work is 1; flip the rate to get the number of days it would take A and B, working together, to finish.

RATES: To find rates, use $$\frac{Work}{time} = rate$$

A's rate, in $$\frac{Work}{days}$$:
$$\frac{(\frac{1}{3})}{5}=(\frac{1}{3} * \frac{1}{5})=\frac{1}{15}$$

B's rate:
$$\frac{(\frac{2}{5})}{10}=(\frac{2}{5} * \frac{1}{10})=\frac{2}{50}=\frac{1}{25}$$

Add rates of A, $$\frac{1}{15}$$, and B, $$\frac{1}{25}$$, with LCM of 150.
COMBINED RATE of A and B:

$$(\frac{10}{150} + \frac{6}{150})=\frac{16}{150} = \frac{8}{75}$$

TIME: How many days does it take them, working together, to finish the job?
Job = 1
When work is 1, rate and time are inversely proportional.

Invert the combined rate, $$\frac{8}{75}$$, to get the time: $$\frac{75}{8} = 9\frac{3}{8}$$ days, OR

$$\frac{Work}{Rate} = time$$

$$\frac{1}{(\frac{8}{75})}= 1 * \frac{75}{8} =9\frac{3}{8}$$

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26 Oct 2017, 14:33
varun4s wrote:
A can do $$\frac{1}{3}$$ of the work in 5 days and B can do $$\frac{2}{5}$$ of the work in 10 days. In how many days both A and B together can do the work?

A) 7$$\frac{3}{4}$$

B) 8$$\frac{4}{5}$$

C) 9$$\frac{3}{8}$$

D) 10

E) 12

A’s rate is (1/3)/5 = 1/15 and B’s rate is (2/5)/10 = 2/50 = 1/25.

Their combined rate is 1/15 + 1/25 = 5/75 + 3/75 = 8/75.

Thus, the time it takes the two machines to complete the job is 1/(8/75) = 75/8 = 9 3/8 days.

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