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A and B together can finish a work in 6.75 days. A alone can finish the same work in 9 days. In how many days will B alone finish the work?Options18 days27 days35 days36 days

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A and B together can finish a work in 6.75 days. A alone can finish the same work in 9 days. In how many days will B alone finish the work?Options18 days27 days35 days36 days

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Solution

To solve this problem, we first need to find out how much work A and B can do together in one day, and how much work A can do alone in one day.

  1. A and B together can finish the work in 6.75 days. So, the amount of work they can do in one day is 1/6.75.

  2. A alone can finish the work in 9 days. So, the amount of work A can do in one day is 1/9.

Now, to find out how much work B can do in one day, we subtract the work done by A from the work done by A and B together.

So, the amount of work B can do in one day is (1/6.75) - (1/9).

To find out how many days B will take to finish the work alone, we take the reciprocal of the work B can do in one day.

Let's calculate:

Work done by A and B together in one day = 1/6.75 = 0.1481 (approx) Work done by A alone in one day = 1/9 = 0.1111 (approx) Work done by B alone in one day = 0.1481 - 0.1111 = 0.037 (approx)

So, B will take 1/0.037 = 27 days (approx) to finish the work alone.

Therefore, the answer is 27 days.

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