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  • A can do a work in 9 days, B can do a work in 7 days, C can do a work in 5 days. A works on the first day, B works on the second day and C on the third day respectively that is they work on alternate days. When will they finish the work ?


  • Options
  • A. [7 + (215/345)] days
  • B. [6 + (11/215)] days
  • C. [6 + (261/315)] days
  • D. [5 + (112/351)] days

  • Correct Answer
  • [6 + (261/315)] days 

    Explanation

    After day 1, A finishes 1/9 of the work.

    After day 2, B finishes 1/7 more of the total work. (1/9) + (1/7) is finished.

    After day 3, C finishes 1/5 more of total work. Total finished is 143/315.

    So, after day 6, total work finished is 286/315.

     

    Now remaining work =  29 /315

     

    On day 7, A will work again 

     

    Work will be completed on day 7 when A is working. He must finish 29/315 of total remaining work.

     

    Since he takes 9 days to finish the total task, he will need 261/315 of the day. 

     

    Total days required is 6 + (261/315) days.

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    • Options
    • A. 24 $
    • B. 22 $
    • C. 16 $
    • D. 14 $
    • Discuss
    • 2. A constructor estimates that 4 people can paint Mr. Karthik's house in 6 days. If he uses 5 people instead of 4, how long will they take to complete the job ?

    • Options
    • A. 3 days
    • B. 26/3 days
    • C. 13/4 days
    • D. 24/5 days
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    • 3. K can finish the work in 18 days and L can do the same work in 15 days. L worked for 10 days and left the job. In how many days, K alone can finish the remaining work ?

    • Options
    • A. 5.5 days
    • B. 6 days
    • C. 4.2 days
    • D. 5 days
    • Discuss
    • 4. At Arihant Prakasham every book goes hrough 3 phases (or stages) typing, composing and binding. There are 16 typists, 10 composers and 15 binders. A typist can type 8 books in each hour, a composer can compose 12 books in each hour and a binder can bind 12 books in each hour. All of the people at Arihant Prakasham works for 10 hours a day and each person is trained to do only the ob of 1 category.How many books can be prepared in each day?

    • Options
    • A. 1500
    • B. 1200
    • C. 1440
    • D. 1380
    • Discuss
    • 5. A and B have to type a book together containing 120 pages. A takes 9 hrs to type 36 pages and B takes 5 hrs to type 40 pages. A typed first 60 pages alone and the last 60 pages were typed by A and B together. How much time (in hours) will be taken to type the complete book?

    • Options
    • A. 24
    • B. 20
    • C. 12
    • D. 15
    • Discuss
    • 6. A group of men can complete a job in K hours. After every 4 hours, half the number of men working at that point of time leave the job. Continuing this way if the job is finished in 16 hours, what is the value of K ?

    • Options
    • A. 7 hrs
    • B. 7.5 hrs
    • C. 8 hrs
    • D. 8.25 hrs
    • Discuss
    • 7. P and Q were assigned to do a work for an amount of 1200. P alone can do it in 15 days while Q can do it in 12 days. With the help of R they finish the work in 6 days. Find the share of R ?

    • Options
    • A. 120
    • B. 240
    • C. 360
    • D. 180
    • Discuss
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    • Options
    • A. 1:2
    • B. 1:3
    • C. 3:1
    • D. 2:1
    • Discuss
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    • Options
    • A. 36
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    • D. 54
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    • Options
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    • C. 102 men
    • D. 120 men
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