Extension-Oil7460
Why not subtracting 1. /1-2/3= 1/3 2. 1/3-1/5=2/15 3. 2/15-1/4=7/60
Because each person after A is doing a "fraction" of the remaining work by the person immediately before. What you said would be true if A,B,C are independently working on the same task. Example if you will, if A,B,C work "together" to create a house, then the method you propose is applicable. However, if A works on the house first and completes 2/3 of it and then B works on the remaining house = (1-2/3) and completes a fraction of the remaining house 1/5*(1-2/3) so remaining house is whatever B has left (1-1/5)*(1-2/3), and then C comes in to complete his fraction of the house which is 1/4, so finally remaining portion of the house in absolute terms is (1-1/4)(1-1/5)(1-2/3)