Working simultaneously at their respective constant rates, machines a and b produce 800 nails in x hours. working alone at its constant rate, machine a produces 800 nails in y hours. in terms of x and y, how many hours does it take machine b, working alone at its constant rate, to produce 800 nails?
(a) x/(x+y)(b) y/(x+y)(c) xy/(x+y)(d) xy/(x-y)(e) xy/(y-x)

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Step-by-step explanation:

Given : Working simultaneously at their respective constant rates, Machines A and B produce 800 nails in x hours.

Taking whole job as 1.

The rate of Machines A and B working together =

Working alone at its constant rate, Machine A produces 800 nails in y hours.

The rate of work by Machines A =

Let t be the time taken by Machine B to complete the whole work .

The rate of  work by Machines B will be :-

Hence, the expression for hours taken by Machine B, working alone at its constant rate, to produce 800 nails :