Work Done by Three People Cutting Wood
MAT 2018 · Mathematical Skills · Medium · Arithmetic
Anand and Bharat can cut 5 kg of wood in 20 min. Bharat and Chandra can cut 5 kg of wood in 40 min. Chandra and Anand cut 5 kg of wood in 30 min. How much time Chandra will take to cut 5 kg wood alone?
- A.
120 min
- B.
48 min
- C.
240 min
- D.
120/7 min
Answer
C
Explanation
Let be the rate of work per minute of Anand, Bharat, and Chandra respectively to cut 5 kg of wood.
Adding all three equations:
To find Chandra's rate :
Therefore, Chandra alone will take minutes.
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