document.write( "Question 105584: One carpenter can complete a kitchen in 8 days. With the help of another carpenter, they can do the job together in 4 days. How long would it take the second carpenter if he worked alone? \n" ); document.write( "

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If the carpenter takes 8days to finish the job, in 1 day he will do $\"1%2F8\"$ of work.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Similary let the other carpenter take a days to finish the job therefore he will in one day do $\"1%2Fa\"$ of the work\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Combined in one day they will do $\"1%2F8+%2B+1%2Fa+\"$ of the work in day\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "But we know that combined they take 4days to finish the job.SO in 1day they should do 1/4 of the work\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"1%2F8+%2B+1%2Fa+=+1%2F4\"$ \r
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