A sum of money is sufficient to pay A's wages for 18 days and B's wages for 27 days.Then for how much days , the money is sufficient to pay the wages of both ?

• 10.8 days
  
  We take LCM for both 18 and 27. The LCM will be 54
  Let us assume that Rs.54 is to be paid as wages.
  For A one day wages will be 18/54=Rs.3
  For B one day wages will be 27/54=Rs.2
  One day wages for both A and B will be Rs.2+Rs.3=Rs.5
  Therefore total number of days we can pay for both A and B from Rs.54 will be 54/5=10.8 days
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(5) No(3)
• 10 days 8 hours ans.
  sol:-
  A's 1 day's wages=1/18
  
  B's 1 day's wages=1/27
  
  now,(A+B)'s 1 day's wages=1/18+1/27=5/54
  hence,the money is sufficient to pay the wages of both for 54/5(10.8) days.
  
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(5) No(0)
• 1/(1/18)+(1/27)
  1/(5/54)
  The money is sufficeint to pay the wages for both for = 10.8 days Ans
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• iqbal 10.8 days is not equal to 10 days and 8 hour
  
  10.8 days means 10 days 19 hr 12 min
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• yeah,Chikhly you are right.....
  .8*24=19.2 hrs=19hrs .2*60=12mins
  That means 10days 19hrs 12mins......
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