A can do a piece of work in 20 days while B can do it in 30 days. Both of them start the work together and work for some time, then B leaves. If A com

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A can do a piece of work in 20 days while B can do it in 30 days. Both of them start ... then find the number of days for which they worked together.

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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 

Last Answer : B Time taken by (P + Q) to finish the job = 24days. (P + Q)'s 1 day's job = 1/24 Time taken by (Q +R) to finish the job = 30days. (Q + R)'s 1 day's job = 1/30 Time taken by (R + P) to finish the ... - {(P + Q)'s 1 day's job } = (1/20 -1/24)=1/120 Hence, R alone can finish the job in 120 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

Description : P,Q, & R can complete a piece of job together in 20 days. All the 3 started working at it together and after 8 days P left. Then Q & R together completed a job in 20 more days. P alone could complete the work in. a) 60 b) 50 c) 40 d) 30

Last Answer : B Work done by P,Q & R in 8 days = 1/20 * 8 =2/5 Remaining work = (1 - 2/5) = 3/5 Now 3/5 work is done by Q & R in 20 days Whole work will be done by Q & R in(20*5/3) =100/3 days (P+Q+R ... (Q+R)'s 1 day work =1/20 - 3/100 =5-3/100 =2/100 =1/50 P alone could complete the work in 50 days..

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

Last Answer : A Time taken by M to finish the work = 45 days. M's 1 day's work = 1/45 Time taken by N to finish the work = 40 days. N's 1 day's work = 1/40 (M + N)'s 1 day's work = (1/40+1/45) = ... be done by N in (55/72*40) days = 30and 5/9 days. Hence, the remaining work is done by B in 30 and 5/9 days.

Description : X and Y can do a piece of work in 20 days and 30 days respectively. The time they take to complete the work by working together is ……………

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Description : Rubika can do the 12 times the actual work in 72 days while sathya can do the one-half of the original work in 6 days. In how many days will both working together complete the 6 times of the original work? a) 20 days b) 25 days c) 30 days d) 35 days

Last Answer :  C Efficiency of Rubika = 16.666% Efficiency of sathya = 4.166% Total efficiency of rubika and sathya =(16+4) =20% Actual work 100/20=5 So, they can do actual work in 5 days So, 6 times work requires 30 days.

Description : A boy and his mother together can do a piece of work in 24 days while the day, working with his father, can complete it in 18 days. If the mother and

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Description : Rakchita can do a piece of work in 28 days, while Shreya can do the same work in 42 days.They started the work together but 6 days before the completion of the work, Rakchita left the work. The total number of days to complete the work is a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6 

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 : A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days, B and C in 15 days and C and A in 20 days. In how many days can they do it, all working together?

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Last Answer : 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 : Twenty workers can complete a piece of work in 30 days. After how many days should 5 workers leave the job so that the work is completed in 35 days? a) 5 days b) 10 days c) 15 days d) 20 days

Last Answer : c) 15 days

Description : 4 male and 6 female do a piece of work in 20 days while 6 male and 4 female can do the same work in16 days. In how many days can 4 male and 2 female do the work? a) 3 62/142 b) 2 18/124 c) 4 81/165 d) 1 67/133

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

Description : A can complete a piece of work working along with B in 20 days. If he can complete the same work working along with C in 10 days, then between B and C

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Description : X, Y and Z can complete a piece of work in 10 days. X and Y can do it in 20 days. Then Z alone can complete the work in ……………… days.

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Description : P, Q and R can do a piece of work in 18,24 and 36 days on the second day and P on the third day, again R on the fourth day and so on. Then in how, many days will the work be completed? 1. 25 2. 24 3. 22 4. 20 5. 26

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Description : Satish can do 1/5th of a work in 5 days while he and Ramesh together can do 9/10th of the same work in 10 days. They start the work together and work

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Description : Arul can do a certain work in 9 days while Ravi can do the same work in 7 days. Both of them complete the work together and get Rs.288. what is the share of Arul? a) Rs.124 b) RS.126 c) Rs.128 d) Rs.130

Last Answer : B Arul’s 1 day work = 1/9 Ravi’s 1 day work = 1/7 Arul’s salary : Ravi’s salary = Arul’s 1 day work : Ravi’s 1 day work = 1/9 : 1/7 = 7 :9 Arul’s share = Rs.(7/16 *288) =Rs.126

Description : Ram, Suresh and Shilpa, working together, can do a piece of work in 1 day. Ram is thrice as efficient as Suresh, and Suresh takes twice the number of days as Shilpa takes to do it alone. What is the difference between ... and Shilpa, each working alone, to complete the work? a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5

Last Answer : Let the time taken by Ram, Suresh and Shilpa to finish the work alone be A, B and C respectively Therefore, 1/A + 1/B + 1/C = 1 Also it is given that, A = B/3 and C =B/2 3/B + 1/B + ... between the number of days taken by Ram and Shilpa, each working alone, to complete the work = 3-2 = 1 Answer: a)

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 

Last Answer : 1 man = 2 women 8 men + 4 women = 20 women 2 day's work of 20 women = 20 × 6/1 = 20 × 2/x x =1/3 Remaining work = 1 – 1/3 = 2/3 Total number of females = 16 20 × 6/1 = 16 × x ÷2/ 3 x = 5 days Short Cut M1D1=M2D2+M3D3 10x6 =10x2 + 8 x 60-20= 8x x= 5 days Answer: c)

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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 : 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

Last Answer : C Karthik’s 1 day work : Raghu’s 1 day work = 2:1 (Karthik + Raghu)’s 1 day work = 1/42 Divide 1/42 in the ratio 2:1 Therefore karthick’s 1 day work = 1/42 * 2/3 =1/63 Hence karthik alone can finish the work in 63 days.

Description :  Arfath is thrice as good workman as deekshith and together they finish a piece of work in 27 days. In how many days will arfath alone finish the work? a) 9 days b) 10 days c) 11 days d)12 days

Last Answer : A Arfath’s 1 days work = 3 Deekshith 1 day’s work = 1 Arfath 1 day’s work : Deekshith 1 days work = 3:1 (Arfath + deekshith )’s 1 day’s work = 1/27 Divide 1/27 in the ratio 3:1 Arfath’s 1 days work = 1/27 *3/1 = 3/27 =1/9 Hence Arfath’s alone can finish the work in 9 days

Description : A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they work together for 4 days, then the fraction of work that is left is a) 7/15 b) 8/10 c) 8/15 d) 7/20

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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

Description : 4 women and 3 men can do a piece of work in 2 days while 6 women and 2 men can also finish it in 2 days. Now find the time taken by one woman to compl

Last Answer : 4 women and 3 men can do a piece of work in 2 days while 6 women and 2 men can also ... time one man takes to complete the same job working alone.

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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

Description : A,B and C can do piece of work in 11 days,20 days and 55 days respectively, working alone. How soon can the work be done if a is assisted by B and C on alternate days/ a) 6 b) 7 c) 8 d) 9 e) 10

Last Answer : Work done by A and B in one day = 1/11 + 1/20 =31/220 Work done by A and C in one day = 1/11 + 1/55 =6/55 Work done in 2 days = 31 /220+6/55=55/220 = ¼ Hence, 1/4 of the work is done in 2 days Hence, it takes 8 days to finish the work Answer : c

Description : A,B and C can do piece of work in 11 days,20 days and 55 days respectively, working alone. How soon can the work be done if a is assisted by B and C on alternate days/ a) 6 b) 7 c) 8 d) 9 e) 10

Last Answer : Work done by A and B in one day = 1/11 + 1/20 =31/220 Work done by A and C in one day = 1/11 + 1/55 =6/55 Work done in 2 days = 31 /220+6/55=55/220 = ¼ Hence, 1/4 of the work is done in 2 days Hence, it takes 8 days to finish the work Answer : c

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Last Answer : A Efficiency of 8 men and 8 boys = 10% Efficiency of 9 women and 7boys = 10% Efficiency of 7 men and 6 women = 10% So, Efficiency of 15 men, 15women and 15boys = 30% So, efficiency of 1 man ... efficiency Efficiency of 1 man, 1 woman and 1 boy = 4% Required number of days = 100/4=25 days

Description : A single petrol tank supplies the petrol to the whole city, while the petrol tank is fed by a single pipeline filling the tank with the stream of uniform volume. When the petrol tank is full and if 20, ... petrol can be used daily without the supply every failing? a) 28000 b) 47000 c) 24000 d) 42000

Last Answer : A Let x litre be the per day filling and y litre be the capacity of the tank, then 45x + y = 20000 × 45 =900000…. (1) 30x + y = 16000 × 30 =480000…. (2) Solving eq. (1) and (2), we get 15x=420000 X=420000/15 x = 28000 Hence, 28000 litres per day can be used without the failure of supply

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Description : If 24 women and 32 girls can do a piece of work in 5 days; 26 women and 48 girls can do it in 4 days then the ratio of the daily work done by a women to that of a girl is. a) 2:1 b) 1:3 c) 3:1 d) 1:2

Last Answer : A Let 1 women's 1 day work = x 1 girl's 1 day work = y Then 24x+32y = 1/5 =>6x+8y = 1/20 ------->1 26x + 48y = 1 / 4 => 13x + 24y = 1/8 -------->2 Multiply 1 by 3 18x + 24y = 3/20 13x + ... 200 = (10 - 6)/ 200 = 4/200 8y = 1/50 Y=1/400 Required ratio = x:y = 1/200: 1/400 =400:200 =2:1

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 :  P and Q undertake to do a piece of job for Rs.1200. P alone can do it in 12 days while Q alone can do it in 16 days. With the help of R , they finish it in 6 days. Find the share of P,Q & R. a) 400,600,200 b) 200,400,600 c) 450,400,250 d) 600,450,150

Last Answer : D R;s 1 day work = 1/6 – (1/12 + 1/16) =1/6 – 1/12 – 1/16 = (8-4-3)/48 = 1/48 P:Q:R = ratio of 1 day work = 1/12:1/16 : 1/48 =4:3:1 P’s share = Rs(1200*4/8) =Rs.600 Q’s share = Rs(1200 * 3/8) =Rs.450 R’s share = Rs(1200 * 1/8) =Rs.150

Description : A student was once given a simple task to accomplish. He was given 6 numbers: 1, 10, 20, 30, 40, and 80, and was told to sum them together to be equal to 100. At last, he was able to accomplish this task. How did he do it? -Riddles

Last Answer : He read 10 and 80 backwards to give him 01 and 08 respectively. So, 1 + 01 + 20 + 30 + 40 + 08 = 100.

Description : Two pumps M and N can separately fill a dumper in 36 minutes and 45 minutes respectively. Both the pumps are opened together but 12 minutes after the start the pump M is turned off. How much time will it take to fill the dumper? A) 9 min B) 10 min C) 30 min D) 32 min

Last Answer : C 12/36 + x/45 = 1 (12*5)/180+4x/180=1 60+4x=180 4x=120 X=120/4=30min

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Description : A is twice as fast as B and together they can complete a work in 20 days. In how many days can A alone complete the work?

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Description : A,B are start walking around a Circular park of radius 70m. They start at the same point, and A goes clockwise at 10m/s, while b goes anti-clockwise at 20m/s.How many times will they cross each other at the starting point if they walk for 30 minutes? a) 20 b) 40 c) 60 d) 80 e) None of the above

Last Answer : Radius = 70m, So circumference = 2 (22/7) 70 =440m Relative speed = 10 +20 = 30m/s They will meet everytime at the starting point when the distance covered by both put together is a multiple of 440 ... =1800/44 =40.9 So they will meet 40 times (we need to ignore the decimal part). Answer : b

Description : A,B are start walking around a Circular park of radius 70m. They start at the same point, and A goes clockwise at 10m/s, while b goes anti-clockwise at 20m/s. How many times will they cross each other at the starting point if they walk for 30 minutes? a) 20 b) 40 c) 60 d) 80 e) None of the above

Last Answer : Radius = 70m, So circumference = 2 (22/7) 70 =440m Relative speed = 10 +20 = 30m/s They will meet everytime at the starting point when the distance covered by both put together is a multiple of 440 ... =1800/44 =40.9 So they will meet 40 times (we need to ignore the decimal part). Answer : b

Description : X, Y, Z are engaged to do a certain piece of work for Rs.8200.Y and Z are to execute 15/26 of the work together. Amount to be paid to X is A) 4287 B) 3469 C) 6124 D) 2865

Last Answer : Answer: B)  Y and Z are execute 15/26 of week Balance =1-15/26  11/26 of work completed by X  X’s share of revenue  =11/26 *8200  =Rs 3469

Description : P and Q together can complete a job in 30 days. Q and R together can complete the same job in 40 days. P and R together can complete the same job in 40 days. What is the respective ratio of the number of days taken by P ... R when completing the same job alone? a) A.2:5 b) B.1:2 c) C.3:4 d) D.2:3

Last Answer : B Efficiency of P and Q= 1/30 per day ___________1 ⇒ Efficiency of Q and R = 1/40 per day_________2 ⇒ Efficiency of R and P = 1/40 per day _________3 Taking equation 2 and 3 together ⇒ Q + R = ... 120 days he they work alone. ⇒ Ratio of number of days in which P and R can complete the job 1:2.

Description : A and B together can complete a work in 24 days. A alone can complete it in 40 days. If B does the work only for half a day daily, then in how many days A and B together will complete the work? a) 24 days b) 15 days c) 21 days d) 19 days

Last Answer : A B’s 1 day’s work = (1/24 -1/40) =(5-3)/120 =2/120=>1/60 Now, (A + B)’s 1 day’s work = (1/40 +1/60) =(3+2)/120 =5/120 So, A and B together will complete the work in 120/5 = 24 days.