Sam can complete a job in 20 days when working alone. Mohit is twice as fast as Sam and thrice as fast as Ayna in the same job. They undertake a job with an arrangement where Sam and Mohit work together on the first day, Sam and Ayna on the second day, Mohit and Ayna on the third day, and this three-day pattern is repeated till the work gets completed. Then, the fraction of total work done by Sam is
We are given that Sam completes a piece of work in 20 days. We are also given that Mohit is twice as fast, so he should take only 10 days. Mohit is thrice as fast as Ayna, so he would take 30 days.
Let's take the total work to be 60 units; this would give the work done per day for Mohit, Sam, and Ayna to be 6, 3 and 2, respectively.
On the first day Sam and Mohit work: doing 9 units
On the second day Sam and Ayan work: doing 5 units
On the third day, Mohit and Ayan work: doing 8 units
Essentially doing 22 units in a 3 days cycle.
After two such cycles, there will be 60-44 = 16 units of work left
On day 7, Sam and Mohit would work 9 units, leaving 7 units
On day 8, Sam and Ayan would work 5 units, leaving 2 units
And on day 9, Ayan and Mohit would complete the remaining work.
So Sam worked for a total of 2+2+2= 6 days and on each day he did 3 units of work, completing 18 units of work.
The ratio of work done by Sam would be $$\frac{18}{60}=\frac{3}{10}$$
Therefore, Option B is the correct answer.
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