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X can do a piece of work in 6 days whil...

X can do a piece of work in 6 days while Y can do the same work in 8 days. Find in how many days X and Y together can do the same work?
The following are the steps involved in solving the above problem. Arrange them in sequential order.
One day's work of X is 1/6 one day's work of Y is 1/8
X can do a piece of work in 6 days and Y can do the same work in 8 days.
X and Y together can do the same work in `3(3)/(7)` days.
One day's work of X and `Y=(7)/(24)`

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