Question: Two workers A and B working together complete the job in 5 days. If A worked twice as efficiently as he actually did and B worked 1/3 as efficiently as he actually did, the work would have been completed in 3 days. To complete the job alone, A would require
Options:
A) $ 5\frac{1}{2}days $
B) $ 6\frac{1}{4}days $
C) (c) $ 7\frac{1}{2}days $
D) $ 8\frac{3}{4}days $
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Answer:
Correct Answer: B
Solution:
- Let A and B complete the job in x and y days, respectively.
Then, $ \frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}=\frac{1}{5} $
(i)
After changing efficiencies, A would be able to completed the work in $ \frac{x}{2} $ days and B in 3y days.
$ \therefore $ $ \frac{2}{x}+\frac{1}{3y}=\frac{1}{3} $
(ii)
Solving Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get $ x=\frac{25}{4}=6\frac{1}{4}days $