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A and B can complete a piece of work in days. B and C can do it in days. A and C can do it in days. A, B and C together can complete it in how many days?

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

Let the individual daily work efficiencies of and be represented by and respectively.
From the problem, we have:







Adding Equation 1, Equation 2, and Equation 3 together:



Find the Least Common Multiple (LCM) of denominators and , which is :







Divide by to find the combined daily efficiency of and :



Since their collective work rate is of the work per day, they will take exactly days to complete the work together.

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A and B can complete a piece of work in days. B and C can do it in days. A and C can do it in days. A, B and C together can complete it in how many days?
A
B
C
D

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