Question

Two carpenters are building a fence after 5 minutes,one carpenter is finished 4/7 of the way an the other is finished 1/8 of the way how much ahead is the second carpenter is the first carpenter

Answer 1

The first carpenter is 0.4464 of the way is ahead of the second carpenter

Solution:

Given, Two carpenters are building a fence  

After 5 minutes, one carpenter is finished 4/7 of the way

Second carpenter finished 1/8 of the way

Now, let us find the work done by each carpenter

$\begin{array}{l}{\text { For } 1^{\text {st }} \text { carpenter }=\frac{4}{7}=0.5714 \text { approximately. }} \\\\ {\text { For } 2^{\text {nd }} \text { carpenter }=\frac{1}{8}=0.125}\end{array}$

Then, extra work done by first carpenter over second carpenter = work done by first carpenter – work done by second carpenter

= 0.5714 – 0.125 = 0.4464

Hence, the 1st carpenter is 0.4464 of the way is ahead of the 2nd carpenter