Navya and Bhavya can paint a house in 20 days and 30 days, respectively. If they work on alternate days, starting with Bhavya, in how many days can the duo complete painting that house?
Given:
Time taken by Navya to paint the house = 20 days
Time taken by Bahvya to paint the house = 30 days
Formula Used:
Let total work be 1.
Then work done 1 day =
Solution:
Work done by Navya in one day =
Work done by Bhavya in one day =
Work done by both Navya and Bahvya in two days working alternatively
=
Total time taken to complete the work =
Days required = = 24 days
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