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a father can finish a work in 8 days after working for 3 days his son joined him and remaining got finished in next one day if son works alone how many days does he take to finish the work?

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Devendra Marghade  (5 years ago) Best Solution

2 days

Work done by father in 3 days = 3*(1/8)=3/8
Remaining work = 1 - 3/8 = 5/8
Let son alone takes 'x' days to finish the work and remaining work is finished in 1 day.
So, 1 day work of father and son = 1/8 + 1/x = 5/8
=> 1/x = 1/2 or x=2
Hence son alone takes 2 days to finish the work.

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