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Aarav can do a piece of work alone in 6 days and Babita can do it alone in 8 days. Aarav and Babita undertook to do it for ₹2,400. With the help of Chaitanya, they completed the work in 3 days. How much is to be paid to Babita?
₹1,200
₹900
₹800
₹1,400
₹900
Calculate individual 1-day work rates and find Chaitanya's 1-day work. Divide the total wages in the ratio of their daily work (efficiencies) since all three worked for the same 3 days.
Aarav's 1-day work = 1/6, Babita's 1-day work = 1/8, Together with Chaitanya they complete the work in 3 days. Total wages = ₹2,400.
Share=Total Wages×Efficiency Ratio
Calculate individual 1-day work rates and find Chaitanya's 1-day work. Divide the total wages in the ratio of their daily work (efficiencies) since all three worked for the same 3 days.
Dividing the wages inversely based on the number of days instead of directly based on their 1-day efficiencies.
Calculate 1-day work of Aarav and Babita
Aarav can complete the work alone in 6 days, so his 1-day work is 61. Babita can complete it in 8 days, so her 1-day work is 81.
Aarav=61,Babita=81
Calculate Chaitanya's 1-day work
Together with Chaitanya, they completed the work in 3 days. Thus, their combined 1-day work is 31. Chaitanya's 1-day work is obtained by subtracting Aarav and Babita's combined work from 31.
Chaitanya=31−(61+81)=31−247=241
Find the efficiency ratio
Wages are distributed in the ratio of the work done per day (efficiencies) by each person over the same period. The ratio of 1-day work for Aarav, Babita, and Chaitanya is 61:81:241, which simplifies to 4:3:1.
Ratio=4:3:1
Calculate Babita's share
Total wages = ₹2,400. Total ratio parts = 4+3+1=8. Babita's share is proportional to her ratio part (3).
Babita’s Share=83×2,400=900
B is correct because Babita's calculated share of the total wages based on her work efficiency ratio is ₹900.
In partnership and work-wages problems, always distribute the total payment in the ratio of individual efficiencies (work done per unit