Varun alone can do a work in 10 days, whereas Ganesh can do the same work in 25 days. If they both are working on alternate days starting with Varun, then find the total time taken to complete the work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a) 16.4 days<\/p>\n\n\n\n
b) 20.5 days<\/p>\n\n\n\n
c) 14.2 days<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n d) 24 days<\/p>\n\n\n\n e) 12.6 days<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sol:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let total of work = 50 units (LCM of (10, 25))<\/p>\n\n\n\n Efficiency of Varun = (50\/10) = 5 units\/day<\/p>\n\n\n\n Efficiency of Ganesh = (50\/25) = 2 units\/day<\/p>\n\n\n\n Work done by Varun and Ganesh together in 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n days = 5 + 2 = 7 units<\/p>\n\n\n\n Amount of work done by Varun and Ganesh<\/p>\n\n\n\n together in 7 days = 7 \u00d7 7 = 49 units<\/p>\n\n\n\n Time taken by Varun to complete remaining work<\/p>\n\n\n\n = 1\/5 = 0.2 days<\/p>\n\n\n\n Total time taken to complete the work = 14 + 0.2<\/p>\n\n\n\n = 14.2 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Varun alone can do a work in 10 days, whereas Ganesh can do the same work in 25 days. 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