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Surojit Ghosh left his IT job last year and started a food business with his wife Debjani. They named
the business "Bong's Kitchen". Surojit takes $$4\frac{1}{5}$$ hours more when he works alone compared to when
he works jointly with his wife. On the other hand, Debjani takes $$28\frac{1}{5}$$ hours more than what she takes
when she works with Surojit. How long approximately will it take, Surojit to complete the business
work alone ?
Let the number of hours needed by Surojit working aloneΒ be S hours and the number of hours required by Debjani when she works alone be D.Β
The time required to finish the work when they work together =Β $$\frac{S\cdot D}{S+D}$$
Hence, we can frame the given 2 conditions as:Β
$$S-\frac{S\cdot D}{S+D}=\frac{21}{5}$$ ............(1)
$$D-\frac{S\cdot D}{S+D}=\frac{141}{5}$$ ..........(2)Β
Solving the two equations simultaneously, we get S = 15 hours approx
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