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by maihuna » Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:54 am
A piece of work was done by A, B, C; at first A worked alone but after some days was joined by B, and these two after some days were joined by C. The whole work might have been done by B and C if they had each worked twice the number of of days that they actually did. The whole work could also have been completed without B's help if A had worked two thirds and C four times the number of days they actually did; or if A and B had worked together for 40 days without C; or if all together if had worked together for the time that B had worked. The number of days that elapsed before B began to work was to the number that elapsed before B began to work as 3 to 5; find the number of days that A worked.

A:30
B:35
C:45
D:57
E:65
Last edited by maihuna on Thu Jun 04, 2009 4:39 am, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: work and rate

by doclkk » Wed Jun 03, 2009 1:15 pm
maihuna wrote:A piece of work was done by A, B, C; at first A worked alone but after some days was joined by B, and these two after some days were joined by C. The whole work might have been done by B and C if they had each worked twice the number of of days that they actually did. The whole work could also have been completed without B's help if A had worked two thirds and C four times the number of days they actually did; or if A and B had worked together for 40 days without C; or if all together if had worked together for the time that B had worked. The number of days that elapsed before B began to work was to the number that elapsed before B began to work as 3 to 5; find the number of days that each men worked.

A:67 B:76 C: 6
A:86 B:52 C: 8
A:45 B:24 C: 10
A:56 B:42 C: 18
A:45 B:34 C: 24
Where did you get this problem?
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Re: work and rate

by maihuna » Thu Jun 04, 2009 4:37 am
doclkk wrote:
maihuna wrote: Where did you get this problem?
Why? Does it matter? Do you think it is an absurd question?
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by cholloway » Thu Jun 04, 2009 6:24 am
it is not written very well...
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by vpmba2009 » Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:55 am
I think this is not a GMAT problem.
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by mbadrew » Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:24 am
You'll never find a confusing and senseless problem like this in the OG; even in the 700 range of difficulty.
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Re: work and rate

by doclkk » Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:03 am
maihuna wrote:
doclkk wrote:
maihuna wrote: Where did you get this problem?
Why? Does it matter? Do you think it is an absurd question?
I asked where because as you can see - most of us think that we will never see this question or anything like it on the GMAT.
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