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192. Working at their respective constant rates, printing machine X, Y, and Z can finish a certain work in 9, 12, and 18 hours. If three machines work together to finish the work, what fraction of the work will be finished by the machine Z?
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In 1 hour X can finish 1/9=4/36 of the work, Y can finish 1/12=3/36 of the work and Z can finish 1/18=2/36 of the work. So in 1 hour out of 4+3+2=9 parts of the work Z finished 2 parts or 2/9 of the work.

Or if Z can do 1 part in some time interval then in the same time interval X can do 2 parts (as its rate is twice the rate of Z), and Y can do 1.5 parts (again as its rate is 1.5 times the rate of Z) so share of Z is 1 out of 1+2+1.5=4.5, or 1/4.5=2/9.
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The fraction of the work performed by Z is :

Rz / (Rx + Ry + Rz) = (1/18) / (1/9 + 1/12 + 1/18) = (1/18)/(1/4) = 2/9
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Working at their respective constant rates, printing machine X, Y, and Z can finish a certain work in 9, 12, and 18 hours. If three machines work together to finish the work, what fraction of the work will be finished by the machine Z?

(A) 4/9
(B) 1/3
(C) 1/4
(D) 2/9
(E) 1/9

Let,Total amount of work= LCM of 9,12,18=36
Amount of work By X machine in 1 hr= 36/9=4
Amount of work By Y machine in 1 hr= 36/12=3
Amount of work By Z machine in 1 hr = 36/18=2

if three machines work together for 1 hr, the amount of work they will complete= 4+3+2=9
we require 36 unit of work to be done
it would take 4 hr to complete 36 unit of work by all three machine
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the amount of work contributed by Z machine =2*4=8

Now, the fraction of the work finished by the machine Z = 8/36 = 2/9

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Let the total work be LCM of (9, 12, 18), i.e. 36 units.
Thus, total units are done by X in 1 hour = 4 units
Total units are done by Y in an hour = 3 units
Total units are done by z in an hour = 2 units.

If three machines work together,
Proportion of work done by z = 2/(4+3+2) = 2/9

Thus, the correct option is D.
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