SOLUTION: A,B AND C COMPLETE A WORK IN 12, 15 AND 24 DAYS RESPECTIVELY. A DOES THE WORK FOR 3 DAYS AND LEAVE IT, AFTER THAT B DOES THE WORK FOR 5 DAYS AND HE ALSO LEAVE IT. THEN IN HOWMANY D

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Question 1040482: A,B AND C COMPLETE A WORK IN 12, 15 AND 24 DAYS RESPECTIVELY. A DOES THE WORK FOR 3 DAYS AND LEAVE IT, AFTER THAT B DOES THE WORK FOR 5 DAYS AND HE ALSO LEAVE IT. THEN IN HOWMANY DAYS DOES THE C CAN COMPLETE THAT REMAINING WORK?
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39625)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A,B AND C CAN COMPLETE A WORK IN 12,15 AND 24 DAYS RESPECTIVELY.A DOES THE WORK FOR 3 DAYS AND LEAVE,AFTER THAT B DOES THE WORK FOR 15 DAYS AND HE ALSO LEAVE IT.THEN IN HOWMANY DAYS DOES THE C COMPLETE THAT REMAINING WORK?

A, B, and C can do a JOB in 12, 15, and 24 days, respectively. A does some of a job for 3 days and leaves. After that, B does some of the job for 15 days and he also leaves. In how many days does C perform the rest of this job to complete it?

RT=J is a basic work rates rule relating rate, time, and amount of jobs or job. You usually want to use work rate in the dimensional unit . Your specific unit would be .


Let t be the unknown number of days for C to finish the ONE JOB.


Solve for t.

Answer by ikleyn(52855)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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A,B AND C COMPLETE A WORK IN 12, 15 AND 24 DAYS RESPECTIVELY. A DOES THE WORK FOR 3 DAYS AND LEAVE IT, AFTER THAT B DOES THE WORK FOR 5 DAYS AND HE ALSO LEAVE IT. THEN IN HOW MANY DAYS DOES THE C CAN COMPLETE THAT REMAINING WORK?
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A does  of the work per day. It is his rate.
Working for 3 days, A makes  =  of the work.

B does  of the work per day. It is his rate.
Working for 5 days, B makes  =  of the work.


After A worked for 3 days and B worked for 5 days they made  =  =  of the work.
Now the remained part of the work is  = .


C does  of the work per day. It is his rate.
C will complete the remaining  part of the work in  =  = 5*2 = 10 days.

Answer.  C will complete the remaining part of the work in 10 days.


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