SOLUTION: anil can do work in 10 days and babbu in 8 days. anil and babbu can do the work on alternate days .if anil begins the work, than thwe work ca be finished in how many days

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Question 764118: anil can do work in 10 days and babbu in 8 days. anil and babbu can do the work on alternate days .if anil begins the work, than thwe work ca be finished in how many days
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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anil can do work in 10 days and babbu in 8 days.
anil and babbu can do the work on alternate days
if anil begins the work, then the work can be finished
in how many days
:
Let d = no. of days worked by Anil
and
(d-1) = no. of days worked by Bab
:
Let the completed job = 1
d%2F10 + %28%28d-1%29%29%2F8 = 1
Multiply by 40 to clear the denominators, results:
4d + 5(d-1) = 40
4d + 5d - 5 = 40
9d = 40 + 5
9d = 45
d = 45%2F9
d = 5 days worked by Anil
and
4 days worked by Bab
so
It will take 9 days to complete the job
:
see if that checks out
1%2F10+1%2F8+1%2F10+1%2F8+1%2F10+1%2F8+1%2F10+1%2F8+1%2F10 = 5%2F10 + 4%2F8 = 1