Two Workers Work Days

Two workers would do the work together in 2 days. The first would do some work here in 6 days. In how many days would the second worker do this work?

Final Answer:

b =  3

Step-by-step explanation:

2 (1/6 + 1/b) = 1  6b+1=2b  b/6+1=b/2  2b=6  b=26=3  b=3



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