A can do a piece of work in 36 days, B in 54 days and C in 72 days. All the three began the work together on the Dec. 15, 2000, but A left 8 days and B 12 days before the completion of the work. If C took the rest for a week then in how many days, the work was finished from the day it started ? Sol. Let the total time taken be x days.	Answers:
A) 1 B) 70 C) 5 D) 7 E) 776
Answer:776
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A can do a piece of work in 36 days, B in 54 days and C in 72 days. All the three began the work together on the Dec. 15, 2000, but A left 8 days and B 12 days before the completion of the work. If C took the rest for a week then in how many days, the work was finished from the day it started ? Sol. Let the total time taken be x days.