Raju, Sunil and Vishal can separately finish a work in 20, 30 and 40 days, respectively. In how many days Raju can finish the work, if he is assisted by Sunil and Vishal on alternate days, starting with Sunil?

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  1. \(12{{3} \over 5}\)
  2. \(12{{1} \over 20}\)
  3. \(11{{1} \over 20}\)
  4. \(11{{3} \over 5}\)

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Option 1 : \(12{{3} \over 5}\)
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Given:

Raju finishes work in = 20 days

Sunil finishes work in = 30 days

Vishal finishes work in = 40 days

Concept used:

Total work done = LCM(20,30,40)

                          = 120

Work done by Raju in 1 day(R) = \({120\over20}=6\)

Work done by Sunil in 1 day (S)= \({120\over30}=4\)

Work done by Vishal in 1 day (V)= \({120\over40}=3\)

Calculation:

 Work done on first day collectively:

 R+S+V = 6+4+0 = 10

 Work done on second day collectively:

R+S+V = 6 + 0 + 3 = 9

So it will take 12 days to complete 114 work 

on 13th day the turn will be of  Raju and sunil and they will do 10 work in 1 day

 6 work is still remaining

Days to required complete 6 work = \({6\over10}={3\over5}\)

Total days to complete 120 work = 12 + \(3\over5\)

                                                      \(={63\over5}\)

                                                      \(={12{{3} \over 5}}\)

∴ Raju can finish work in \(\bf {12{{3} \over 5}}\) days .

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