document.write( "Question 1067736: Two workers A and B together could finish a work in 8 days. They worked together for 6 days and A left the work. The remaining work was completed by B alone in 6 days. How many days would each take to complete the work individually? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Since two workers A and B together could finish the work in 8 days, and since they worked together for 6 days, \r\n" );
document.write( "they just completed  =  of the work.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, the remaining is  of the work.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since B completes it (completes this  of the work) in 6 days, he can make the entire job in 6*4 = 24 days.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now, the condition says that they complete the job in 8 days, working together.\r\n" );
document.write( "During these 8 days, worker B makes  of the job.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, worker A alone makes  of the job in 8 days.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then, A makes the entire job in 12 days.\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solved. A needs 12 days to complete the job alone.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "             B needs 24 days to complete the job alone..\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "There is a wide variety of solved joint-work problems with detailed explanations in this site. See the lessons\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - Using Fractions to solve word problems on joint work,\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - Selected joint-work word problems from the archive \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Read them and get be trained in solving joint-work problems.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - ALGEBRA-I - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The referred lessons are the part of this textbook under the topic \"Rate of work and joint work problems\" of the section \"Word problems\".\r
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