Problema Solution

One bricklayer works 3 times as fast as another bricklayer. Find the time it will take each individual to do the job alone, if it takes them 15 hours to do the job together

Answer provided by our tutors

suppose one completes in 3x days

then the fast worker will complete in x days

we get

1/x + 1/3x = 1/15

4/3x = 1/15

x = 4*15/3 = 20

so one worker completes in 60 days

and the fast one will complete in 20 days