A work is done by two people in 24 minutes. One of them
alone can do it in 40 minutes. How much time will the other
person wiil take to complete it

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A work is done by two people in 24 minutes. One of them alone can do it in 40 minutes. How much tim..

Answer / guest

1/24-1/40
(5-3)/120
2/120
1/60
60 minutes

Is This Answer Correct ?    42 Yes 6 No

A work is done by two people in 24 minutes. One of them alone can do it in 40 minutes. How much tim..

Answer / guest

60 minutes

Is This Answer Correct ?    41 Yes 9 No

A work is done by two people in 24 minutes. One of them alone can do it in 40 minutes. How much tim..

Answer / prasun bose

this type of sums needs what part is done in 1 min.
two people done 1/24th part in 1 min
one people done 1/40th part in 1 min
diferrnce the other people done 1/24-1/40 =(5-3)/120=2/120
=1/60
other man done 1/60th part in 1 min.
there fore other man will take 60 min to compleate.

Is This Answer Correct ?    21 Yes 2 No

A work is done by two people in 24 minutes. One of them alone can do it in 40 minutes. How much tim..

Answer / ranjan

60 minutes is the correct answer:See Answer #3 for
explanation

Is This Answer Correct ?    19 Yes 2 No

A work is done by two people in 24 minutes. One of them alone can do it in 40 minutes. How much tim..

Answer / swetha iyer

1/40-1/24=1/x

reciprocal of 1/x gives you the answer.


This problem is based on Time and Work.

Is This Answer Correct ?    5 Yes 1 No

A work is done by two people in 24 minutes. One of them alone can do it in 40 minutes. How much tim..

Answer / palam

x be person no. 1
y " " " 2
so,
x+y=24
x=40
40(x+y)=24x
40x+40y=24x
40x-24x=-40y

v get it as 40 min

Is This Answer Correct ?    5 Yes 21 No

A work is done by two people in 24 minutes. One of them alone can do it in 40 minutes. How much tim..

Answer / raj

its 8 minutes

Is This Answer Correct ?    9 Yes 29 No

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