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Time And Work

Question 81 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Raj can do a piece of work in 20 days. He started the work and left after some days, when 25% work was done. After it Abhijit joined and completed it working for 10 days. In how many days Raj and Abhijit can do the complete work, working together?
A
12
B
6
C
10
D
8
Question 81 Explanation: 
Efficiency of Raj = 100/20 = 5%

Work completed by Raj = 25%

Rest work = 75%

Efficiency of Abhijit = 75/10 = 7.5%

Combined efficiency = 5 + 7.5 = 12.5%

They will complete the whole work by working together in,

= 100/12.5 = 8 days.

Question 82 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A pipe can fill a tank in 0.9 hours and another pipe can empty in 0.7 hours. If tank is completely filled and both pipes are opened simultaneously then 450 liters of water is removed from the tank is 2.5 hours. What is the capacity of the tank?
A
200 liters
B
567 liters
C
456 liters
D
350 liters
Question 82 Explanation: 
Pipe A can fill the empty tank in = 0.9 hours

So work rate of the Pipe A = 100/0.9 % per hour.

Pipe B can empty the tank in = 0.7 hours

Negative Work rate of B = 100/0.7 % per hour. (B is removing water, so, taken as negative work.)

Tank fill per hour = 100/0.7 - 100/0.9 = 31.75% per hour.

Time Taken to empty the tank = 100/31.75 = 3.14 hours.

So, Capacity of the tank = 3.14 * 180 = 567 liters.

Question 83 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A does 80% of a work in 20 days. He then calls in B and they together finish the remaining work in 3 days. How long B alone would take to do the whole work?
A
40 days
B
37 1/2 days
C
23 days
D
37 days
Question 83 Explanation: 
\begin{align} & {\text{Whole}}\, {\text{work}}\, {\text{is}}\, {\text{done}}\, {\text{by}}\, {\text{A}}\, {\text{in}} \cr & = \left( {20 \times \frac{5}{4}} \right) = 25\, {\text{days}} \cr & {\text{Now}}, \, \left( {1 - \frac{4}{5}} \right)\, \, i.e., \cr & \frac{1}{5}\, {\text{work}}\, {\text{is}}\, {\text{done}}\, {\text{by}}\, {\text{A}}\, {\text{and}}\, {\text{B}}\, {\text{in}}\, {\text{3}}\, {\text{days}} \cr & {\text{Whole}}\, {\text{work}}\, {\text{will}}\, {\text{be}}\, {\text{done}}\, {\text{by}}\, {\text{A}}\, {\text{and}}\, {\text{B}}\, {\text{in}} \cr & = \left( {3 \times 5} \right) = 15\, {\text{days}} \cr & {\text{A's}}\, {\text{1}}\, {\text{day's}}\, {\text{work}} = \frac{1}{{25}}, \cr & \left( {{\text{A + B}}} \right)\, {\text{'s}}\, {\text{1}}\, {\text{day's}}\, {\text{work}} = \frac{1}{{15}} \cr & \therefore {\text{B's}}\, {\text{1}}\, {\text{day's}}\, {\text{work}} \cr & = \left( {\frac{1}{{15}} - \frac{1}{{25}}} \right) = \frac{4}{{150}} = \frac{2}{{75}} \cr & {\text{So, }}\, {\text{B}}\, \, {\text{alone}}\, {\text{would}}\, {\text{do}}\, {\text{the}}\, {\text{work}}\, {\text{in}} \cr & \frac{{75}}{2} = 37\frac{1}{2}\, {\text{days}} \cr\end{align}
Question 84 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
If A and B together can complete a work in 18 days, A and C together in 12 days, and B and C together in 9 days, then B alone can do the work in:
A
30 days
B
24 days
C
18 days
D
40 days
Question 84 Explanation: 
\begin{align} & {\text{One}}\, {\text{day's}}\, {\text{work}}\, {\text{of}} \cr & \left( {A + B} \right) = \frac{1}{{18}}\, .....(1) \cr & {\text{One}}\, {\text{day's}}\, {\text{work}}\, {\text{of}} \cr & \left( {A + C} \right) = \frac{1}{{12}}\, .....\left( 2 \right) \cr & {\text{One}}\, {\text{day's}}\, {\text{work}}\, {\text{of}} \cr & \left( {B + C} \right) = \frac{1}{9}\, .....\left( 3 \right) \cr & {\text{Adding}}\, \left( {\text{1}} \right){\text{, }}\, \left( {\text{2}} \right)\, {\text{and}}\, \left( {\text{3}} \right) \cr & 2 \times \left( {A + B + C} \right) \cr & = \left\{ {\left( {\frac{1}{{18}}} \right) + \left( {\frac{1}{{12}}} \right) + \left( {\frac{1}{9}} \right)} \right\} \cr & = \frac{1}{4} \cr & {\text{One day's work of}} \cr & \left( {A + B + C} \right) = \frac{1}{8} \cr & B = \left( {\frac{1}{8}} \right) - \left( {A + C} \right) \cr & B = \left( {\frac{1}{8}} \right) - \left( {\frac{1}{{12}}} \right) \cr & {\text{One day's work of}} \cr & B = \frac{{\left( {3 - 2} \right)}}{{24}} = \frac{1}{{24}} \cr & B\, {\text{need}}\, 24\, {\text{days}} \cr\end{align}
Question 85 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A is 60% more efficient than B. In how many days will A and B working together complete a piece of work which A alone takes 15 days to finish?
A
131/13
B
113/13
C
120/13
D
108/13
Question 85 Explanation: 
Given,

A is 60% more efficient of B. Means,

A = B + 60% of B.

A = (8/5)B.

A can complete whole work in 15 days, So,

One day work of A = 1/15.

One day work of 8B/5 = 1/15

One day work of B = 5/120 = 1/24.

One day work, (A + B),

= (1/15) + (1/24)

One day work, (A + B) = (24+15)/360 = 39/360. So, Time taken to finish the work by A and B together = 360/39 = 120/13.

Alternatively

> We can solve it through percentage method.

Given,

A = 8B/5

A can complete whole work in 15 days.

Work rate of A = 100/15 = 6.66% per day.

Work rate of 8B/5 = 6.66%

Work rate of B = 4.16% per day.

Work rate of (A + B) = 6.66 + 4.16 = 10.82% per day.

So, A and B can complete 100% work

There are 85 questions to complete.

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