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A can finish a piece of work in 15 days and B can do it in 10 days. They worked together for 2 days and then B goes away. In how many days will A finish the remaining work?

Direct & Inverse Variations

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A's 1 day work = 115\dfrac{1}{15}

B's 1 day work = 110\dfrac{1}{10}

(A + B)'s 1 day work = 115+110\dfrac{1}{15} + \dfrac{1}{10}

= 2+330\dfrac{2 + 3}{30}

= 530\dfrac{5}{30}

= 16\dfrac{1}{6}

(A + B)'s 2 day work = 16×2\dfrac{1}{6} \times 2

= 13\dfrac{1}{3}

Remaining work = 1131 - \dfrac{1}{3}

= 3313\dfrac{3}{3} - \dfrac{1}{3}

= 23\dfrac{2}{3}

No. of days taken by A to finish the remaining work = Remaining workB’s 1 day work=23115\dfrac{\text{Remaining work}}{\text{B's 1 day work}} = \dfrac{\dfrac{2}{3}}{\dfrac{1}{15}}

= 2×153×1\dfrac{2 \times 15}{3 \times 1}

= 303\dfrac{30}{3}

= 1010

Hence, A will take 10 days to finish the remaining work.

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