Jitesh and Kamal can complete a certain piece of work in 18 and 17 days, respectively, They started to work together, and after 5 days, Kamal left. In how many days will Jitesh complete the remaining work?

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  1. \(\frac{2358}{306} \)
  2. \(\frac{2361}{306} \)
  3. \(\frac{2360}{308} \)
  4. \(\frac{2355}{307} \)

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Option 1 : \(\frac{2358}{306} \)
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Given:

Time taken by Jitesh alone = 18 days

Time taken by Kamal alone = 17 days

Jitesh and Kamal worked together for 5 days.

Formula Used:

Efficiency = Total Work / Time taken

Work done = Efficiency × Time

Calculation:

LCM of 18 and 17 = 306. Let Total Work = 306 units.

Efficiency of Jitesh = Total Work / Time taken by Jitesh = 306 / 18 = 17 units/day

Efficiency of Kamal = Total Work / Time taken by Kamal = 306 / 17 = 18 units/day

Work done by Jitesh and Kamal together in the first 5 days = (Efficiency of Jitesh + Efficiency of Kamal) × Time

Work done in 5 days = (17 + 18) × 5 = 35 × 5 = 175 units

Remaining work = Total Work - Work done in 5 days = 306 - 175 = 131 units

Now, Jitesh alone has to complete the remaining 131 units of work.

Time taken by Jitesh alone to complete the remaining work = Remaining work / Efficiency of Jitesh

Time taken by Jitesh = 131 / 17 days = \(\frac{131\times 18}{17\times 18}\) = \(\frac{2358}{306} \)

∴ The correct answer is option 1.

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