Question
A takes twice as much time as B or thrice as much time as C to finish a piece of work. Working together, they can finish the work in 2 days. B can do the work alone in:
Answer: Option B
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Suppose A, B and C take x, \(\frac{x}{2}and\frac{x}{3}\) days respectively to finish the work.
Then, \(\left(\frac{1}{x}+\frac{2}{x}+\frac{3}{x}\right) =\frac{1}{2}\)
\(\frac{6}{x}=\frac{1}{2}\)
x = 12.
So, B takes (12/2) = 6 days to finish the work.
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