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A can do 20% of a work in 4 days, and B can do 33⅓% of the same work in 10 days. They worked together for 9 days and then C completed the remaining wo
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A can do 20% of a work in 4 days, and B can do 33⅓% of the same work in 10 days. They worked together for 9 days and then C completed the remaining work in 6 days. B and C together will complete 75% of the same work in:

A.

12 days

B.

9 days

C.

11 days

D.

10 days

Correct option is D

Given:
A can do 20% of the work in 4 days.
B can do 3313%33 \frac{1}{3}\%​ of the work in 10 days.
A and B worked together for 9 days.
C completed the remaining work in 6 days.
Concept Used:
The work rate is  expressed as the fraction of the work completed per day.
Solution:
Work done per day by A: Work rate of A=20%4=120 of the work per day\text{Work rate of A} = \frac{20\%}{4} = \frac{1}{20} \text{ of the work per day}
Work done per day by B: \text{Work rate of B} = 1310=130 of the work per day\frac{\frac{1}{3}}{10} = \frac{1}{30} \text{ of the work per day}
Work rate of A and B together=120+130Work rate of A and B together=360+260=560=112Work done in 9 days=9×112=912=34=75%\text{Work rate of A and B together} = \frac{1}{20} + \frac{1}{30} \\\text{Work rate of A and B together} = \frac{3}{60} + \frac{2}{60} = \frac{5}{60} = \frac{1}{12} \\\text{Work done in 9 days} = 9 \times \frac{1}{12} = \frac{9}{12} = \frac{3}{4} = 75\% 
​So, A and B together completed 75% of the work in 9 days.
C completed the remaining 25% of the work in 6 days.
Work rate of C=25%6=124 of the work per dayWork rate of B and C together=130+124Work rate of B and C together=4120+5120=9120=340 of the work per day\text{Work rate of C} = \frac{25\%}{6} = \frac{1}{24} \text{ of the work per day}\\\text{Work rate of B and C together} = \frac{1}{30} + \frac{1}{24}\\\text{Work rate of B and C together} = \frac{4}{120} + \frac{5}{120} = \frac{9}{120} = \frac{3}{40} \text{ of the work per day}​​
Time required to complete 75% of the work:
Time required=75%340=75100×403=34×403=10 days\text{Time required} = \frac{75\%}{\frac{3}{40}} = \frac{75}{100} \times \frac{40}{3} = \frac{3}{4} \times \frac{40}{3} = 10 \text{ days} 

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