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X can do a piece of work in 25 days and Y can finish it in 20 days. They work together for 5 days and then X leaves. In [[1]] days will Y finish the remaining work.

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answer is 11.

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Detailed Solution

Find the job that X and Y completed in one day. therefore they discover their task completed in 5 days. Subtract the work completed by (X + Y) in 5 days from one to obtain the work that has to be completed by Y. Therefore, determine how many days it will take Y to complete the task.

Step -1: figuring out how much X and Y work each day.
Let there be one work in whole.
Then, based on question X, it takes 25 days to do one task.
Then X completed the assignment in one day =125.
In accordance with question Y, it takes 20 days to complete one task. Then Y completed the task in one day=120.
Together, they completed the job in one day. =120+125=9100
Step -2: calculating the number of days needed.
Together, they put in a lot of labour. 5 days =5×9100=45100
Then all job was done =1-45100=55100
Now that Y can complete 1 task in 20 days,
Y can do 55100 work in 55100×20 days =11 days

Hence, the correct answer is option 11 days.

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