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  1. Pervez and Sunny can complete a piece of work in 20 and 15 days respectively. They worked together for 6 days, after which Sunny was replaced by Ashu. If the work would be finished in next 4 days, find the number of days in which Ashu alone could complete the work.

  2. A.
    45
    B.
    40
    C.
    56
    D.
    36

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    Answer : Option B

    Explanation :

    Pervez can complete the work in 20 days
    Sunny can complete the same job in 15 days
    Let the total work = LCM of both
    Therefore, the LCM of 20 and 15 is 60, that means total work = 60 units
    Now, Pervez's one-day work efficiency = 60/20 = 3 units
    Sunny's one-day work efficiency = 60/15 = 4 units
    ATQ, (Pervez+Sunny) together works for 6 days
    That means (Pervez+Sunny) have done 7*6 = 42 units work in 6 days
    Now, the remaining work will be 60-42 = 18 units, and it will finish in 4 days.
    Now, Sunny is replaced with Ashu:
    So, per days work required to be finished = 18 units / 4 days = 4.5 units
    But, we know that Pervez's one-day work = 3 units, so Ashu's one-day work = 4.5-3 = 1.5 units
    Therefore, Ashu alone can finish the total work in 60 units /1.5 days = 40 days


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