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# David and Michael together can finish a job in 4 days 19

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15 Oct 2019, 04:35
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David and Michael together can finish a job in 4 days 19 hours 12 minutes. If David works at two-thirds Michel's speed, how long does it make Micheal alone to finish the same job?

a. 6 days
b. 8 days
c. 10 days
d. 12 days
e. 9 days 14 hours 24 minutes

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15 Oct 2019, 06:09
jackfr2 wrote:
David and Michael together can finish a job in 4 days 19 hours 12 minutes. If David works at two-thirds Michel's speed, how long does it make Micheal alone to finish the same job?

a. 6 days
b. 8 days
c. 10 days
d. 12 days
e. 9 days 14 hours 24 minutes

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D and M working together take 4 days, 19 hours, and 12 minutes. Converting time into minutes,
it will be $$4*24*60 + 19*60 + 12 = 5760 + 1140 + 12 = 6912$$ minutes.

We are told that David works at $$\frac{2}{3}$$rd of Michael's speed. If we assume the total units of work
to be 69120 units, together they do 10 unit in a minute. If Michael does 6 units in a minute,
David will do $$\frac{2}{3}*6 = 4$$ units of work in a minute.

Therefore, the time taken by Michael to complete the work is $$\frac{69120}{6*24*60}$$ = 8 days(Option B)
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15 Oct 2019, 12:34
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jackfr2 wrote:
David and Michael together can finish a job in 4 days 19 hours 12 minutes. If David works at two-thirds Michel's speed, how long does it make Micheal alone to finish the same job?

a. 6 days
b. 8 days
c. 10 days
d. 12 days
e. 9 days 14 hours 24 minutes

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Instead of converting to minutes, convert to days-> 12 minutes = $$\frac{1}{5}$$hr.
19$$\frac{1}{5}$$ hrs= $$\frac{96}{5}$$ hrs
$$\frac{96}{5}$$hrs = $$\frac{96}{24*5}$$ Days =.8 days, so 19$$\frac{1}{5}$$ hrs = .8 days So total days 4.8

Final equation :
$$\frac{2}{3}\frac{1}{x}$$+$$\frac{1}{x}$$ = $$\frac{1}{4.8}$$
$$x$$= 8
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08 Nov 2019, 15:46
If we were to look at this critically:

David is two-thirds Michael's speed: $$D = \frac{2M}{3}$$
While working TOGETHER with Michael, the total speed is $$\frac{2M}{3} + M = \frac{5M}{3}$$ (which is a little less than 2 Michaels working together)

So if it takes a little less than 2 Michaels 4 days 19 hours 12 minutes to complete the task, then logically it would take little less than double the time for 1 Michael.
With (E) being double the time, so a little less than (E) would be the answer (B)
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