Working together, X and Y can do a piece of work in 12 days, Y and Z can do it in 15 days where as X and Z can do it in 20 days. Who is the most effci

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Working together, X and Y can do a piece of work in 12 days, Y and Z can do it in 15 days where ... Z can do it in 20 days. Who is the most effcient?

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Description : P and Q can do a piece of job in 24 days; Q and R can do it in 30 days while R and P can finish it in 40 days. If P, Q, Rworks together, in how many days will they finish the job? In how many days will each ... finish it, working alone? A) 15,25,35,45 B) 20,30,40,120 C) 20,30,40,50 D) 20,25,30,60 

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Description : Praneetha and Pooja together can do a piece of work in 24 days ,which pooja and priya can do in 32 days. After praneetha has been working at it for 10 days and pooja for 14 days, Priya finishes it in 26 days. In how many days Priya alone will do the work? a) 12 days b) 24 days. c) 48 days d) 50 days

Last Answer : C Praneetha's 10 day's work + Pooja 14 day's work + Priya's 26 days work = 1 (Praneetha's +pooja's) 10 day's work + (pooja + priya)'s 4 day's work +priya's 22 days work = 1 =>10/24 + 4/32 + priya' ... 13/24 =11/24 Priya's 1 day's work = 11/24 * 1/22 =1/48 Priya can finish the work in 48 days.

Description : Pranesh can do a piece of job in 60 days. He works at it for 4 days and then sarvesh alone finishes the remaining work in28 days. In how much time will pranesh and sarvesh working together, finish the work? a) 35 days b) 30 days c) 25 days d) 20 days

Last Answer : D Work done by pranesh in 4 days = 1/60 *4 =1/15 Remaining work = 1-1/15 =(15 - 1)/15 =14/15 Now 14/15 work done by sarvesh in 28 days Whole work will be done by sarvesh in(28*15 /14) = 2* 15 =30 ... 's work = 1/60 + 1/30 = (1+2) /60 = 3/60 =1/20 Hence both will finish the work in 20 days

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Description : 8 men and 4 women-together can complete a piece of work in 6 days. Work done by a man in one day is double the work done by a woman in one day. If 8 men and 4 women started working and after 2 days, 4 men ... more days will the work be completed? a) 7 days b) 6 days c) 5 days d) 8 days e) 4 days 

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Last Answer : D 6 days before the completion of the work Rakchita left the work means in last 6 days only Shreya has worked alone So, in last 6 days worked done by Shreya = 6*1/42=6/42=1/7 So, the rest = 1-1/7 =6/7 So 6/7work was done by Rakchita and Shreya worked together=6/7*70/10 =420/70=6 days

Description : Karthik is 2 times as good workman as Raghu and together they complete a piece of work in 42 days. The number of days taken by Karthik alone to finish the work is. a) 55 days b) 60 days c) 63 days d) 67 days

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Description : M do a piece of work in 45 days and N can finish it in 40 days. They work together for 5 days and then M leaves. In how many days will N finish the remaining work? a) 30 5/9 b) 29 4/9 c) 31 3/5 d) 29 5/9

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Description : X,Y and Z can do a certain job in 72,108 and 144 days respectively. They started the job but X left 16 days before the completion of the job while Y left 24 days before the completion. The number of days for which Z worked is. a) 12 days b) 24 days c) 36 days d) 48 days

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Description : Nandhu, naren and abishek can do a piece of work in 10,15, and 30 days respectively. In how many days can Nandhu do the work if he is assisted by naren and abishek on alternate days? a) 6.6 days b) 7.5 days c) 8.4 days d) 9.1 days 

Last Answer : B Nandhu's 1 day work = 1/10 Naren's 1 day work = 1/15 Abishek's 1 day work =1/30 Nandhu's 2 day's work =(1/10*2) =1/5 (nandhu + naren+abishek)'s 1 day work = 1/10+1/15+1/30 =3+2+1/30 =6/30 ... +1/5 = 2/5 Now 2/5 work is done in 3 days Whole work will be done in 3 *5/2 = 15/2 = 7.5 days

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Last Answer : C  Part filled in 4 hrs = 4/12 = 1/3 Remaining part = 2/3 (P+Q)’s 14 hrs work = 2/3 (P+Q)’s 1 hr work = 2/ 3 *14 = 1/21 R’s 1 hr work = (P+Q+R)’s 1 hr work – (P+Q)’s 1 hr work = 1/12 – 1/21 = 7-4/84 = 3/84 = 1/28 R alone can fill the tank in 28 hrs.

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Description : Vinay can do a work in 28 days. Vikram is 75% more efficient than vinay. The number of days taken by vikram to do the same piece of work.  a) 12 days b) 14 days c) 16 days d) 18 days

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Last Answer : D Let 1 male's 1 day's work = x 1 female's 1 day's work = y Then 4x + 6y = 1/20 ---------->A 80x + 120y = 1 -----------1 6x + 4y = 1/16 ----------B 96x + 64y = ... (1/400) =132/200+1/200 = 133/200 So 4 male and 2 female together can finish the work in 200/133 = 1 67 /133 days

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Description : Satish, Goel and Khan can do a particular job in 24,36 and 48 days respectively. If they start working together and are paid ₹ 5200 for their work, th

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Description : Sai and Ram working together completed a job in 10 days. If sai worked twice as efficiently as he actually did and ram worked 2/3 as efficiently as he actually did, the work would have been completed in 6 days. Sai alone could complete the work in. a) 40/3 days b) 42/4 days c) 44/6 days d) 43/3 days

Last Answer : A Let sai's 1 day work = x Ram's 1 day work = y Then x+y = 1/10 ===>1 and 2x +2y /3 = 1/6 (6x+2y )/3 = 1/6 6x + 2y =1/2 ====>2 Multiply 1 by 6 =>6x+6y = 6/10 2 = ... /10 - 1/40 = 4-1/10 =3/40 Sai's 1 day work = 3/40 So sai alone could complete the work in 40/3 days.

Description : Rishwi can finish a work in 6 days working 4 hours a day. Dhiviksha can complete the same work in 4 days working 5 hrs a day. If both rishwi and dhiviksha work together, working 4 hrs a day, in how many days can they finished the work? a) 30/11 b) 11/120 c) 11/30 d) 30/13

Last Answer : A Rishwi can complete the work in (6*4) = 24 hrs Dhiviksha can complete the work in (4*5) = 20 hrs Rishwi's 1 hr work = 1/24 Dhiviksh's 1 hr work = 1/20(Rishwi and dhivikasha)'s 1 hr work = (1/24 ... fininsh the work in (120/11)hrs Number of days of 4 hrs each = 120/11*1/4 =120/44 =30/11 days