Jaya and Seema can together do a piece of work in 10 hours. Seema alone can do it in 15 hours. How long will Jaya take to do it alone?

Answer: 30 hours

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Solution

Number of hours taken by both of them= 10hrs
Number of hours taken by seema=15hrs

Convert in fraction

1/10 by both of them
1/15 by seema

Now the work done by Jaya is-:

1/10-1/15
=1/30

Now in simple form = 30 hrs

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Jaya and Seema can together do a piece of work in 10 hours. Seema alone can do it in 15 hours. How long will Jaya take to do it alone? Answer: 30 hours

Number of hours taken by both of them= 10hrs Number of hours taken by seema=15hrs Convert in fraction 1/10 by both of them 1/15 by seema Now the work done by Jaya is-: 1/10-1/15 =1/30 Now in simple form = 30 hrs Hope it helped you.......................

Jaya and Seema can together do a piece of work in 10 hours. Seema alone can do it in 15 hours. How long will Jaya take to do it alone?

Answer: 30 hours

Number of hours taken by both of them= 10hrs
Number of hours taken by seema=15hrs

Convert in fraction

1/10 by both of them
1/15 by seema

Now the work done by Jaya is-:

1/10-1/15
=1/30

Now in simple form = 30 hrs

Hope it helped you.......................