SOLUTION: A,B,and C can finish a job in six days. If B and C work together, the job will take 9 days; if A and C work together, the job will take 8 days. In how many days can each man workin
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Question 140876: A,B,and C can finish a job in six days. If B and C work together, the job will take 9 days; if A and C work together, the job will take 8 days. In how many days can each man working alone do the job?
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Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A,B,and C can finish a job in six days. If B and C work together, the job will take 9 days; if A and C work together, the job will take 8 days. In how many days can each man working alone do the job?
:
Let the completed job = 1
write 3 equations
+ + = 1
:
+ = 1
:
+ = 1
:
Use elimination: mult the eq1 by 3, and eq2 by 2:
+ + = 3
+ + = 2
----------------------------------------- Subtraction eliminates B & C, Find A
= 1
A = 18 days by himself
:
Use elimination: mult the eq1 by 4, and eq3 by 3:
+ + = 4
+ + = 3
----------------------------------------- Subtraction eliminates A & C, Find B
24/B = 1
B = 24 days by himself
:
Use eq2, substitute 24 for B, find C
+ = 1
Multiply equation by 24C
9C + 24(9) = 24C
216 = 24C - 9C
216 = 15C
C =
C = 14.4 days by himself
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Check solutions in eq1
+ + =
.333 + .250 + 4.17 = 1
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
b and c working together take 9 days to do job
b and c working together take 3 days to do job
b and c working together take 6 days to do job
a, b and c working together take 6 days to do job
So, a must do of a job in days
a and c working together take days to do job
a and c working together take days to do job
a and c working together take days to do job
Since a does job in days,
c does of a job in days
So, b does of a job in days
The question I need to answer is how long does it take each man,
working alone, to do job?
If a does of a job in days,
he will do job in days answer
If b does of a job in days
he will do job in days answer
If c does of a job in days
he will do job in days answer
check answer:
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