document.write( "Question 625647: A does a work in 20 days. A did for 28 days. Then b came. They together take 76 days to complete the 7 job. Find howmany days B complete a work.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #393910 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Rewrite to show how I understand the problem \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "A does a work in 20 days. A worked for 28 days. \n" ); document.write( "Then B came. Working together, they take 76 days to complete 7 jobs. \n" ); document.write( " Find how many days it takes B to complete a work. \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "let b = time for B to do one job by himself \n" ); document.write( "let one completed job = 1 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "multiply by 20b \n" ); document.write( "104b + 20(76) = 20b(7) \n" ); document.write( "104b + 1520 = 140b \n" ); document.write( "1520 = 140b - 104b \n" ); document.write( "1520 = 36b \n" ); document.write( "b = \n" ); document.write( "b = 42.22 days to do one job alone\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |