John is only 40% as efficient as Jesse. If John alone can do a piece of work in 35 days, how many days will it take the duo to complete the work, if they work together?
Given:
John's efficiency is 40% of Jesse's efficiency.
John alone can complete the work in 35 days.
Concept Used:
Efficiency is inversely proportional to the time taken to complete the work.
Solution:
Let Jesse's efficiency be E . Then, John's efficiency is 0.4E .
Let the total work be W .
Alternative Method:
John's efficiency is 40% of Jesse's efficiency.
Total work =
The complete the whole work together =
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