2 persons can finish a job in 8 days. First person alone can finish the work in 24 days. How many days does the second person take to finish the job?\nOptions:\n(A) 10 days\n(B) 12 days\n(C) 14 days\n(D) 16 days\n(E) 18 days Stream of consciousness:
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2 persons can do work in 1 day = 1/8\nFirst person can do work in 1 day = 1/24\nSecond person can do work in 1 day = 1/8-1/24 = 1/12\nSo Second person can finish work in 12 days
Thus, the answer is (B).
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