I think the question should be reworded as: ...If it takes Tom & Jerry 15 days to finish the job, how many days will Tom finish the work? or something along these lines.
With that being said, the rate to do a piece of work from each:
Tom = 1/3 and Jerry = 1/1 or 1
Add: 1/3 + 1 = 1 1/3 or 4/3 (improper fraction)
4/3 * 15 = 20
This means that it will take 20 pieces of work to complete the job.
Therefore, Tom will finish the work in 20*3 = 60 days.
tom takes 3days to do a piece of work while jerry takes only one day for the same. together, they both can finish the job in 15 days. in how many days tom will finish the work?
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We see that Tom is a slow worker from the beginning and working alone will take him 60 days to complete the job.