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  • Question
  • A and B can do a work in 8 days, B and C can do the same work in 12 days. A, B and C together can finish it in 6 days. A and C together will do it in :


  • Options
  • A. 4 days
  • B. 6 days
  • C. 8 days
  • D. 12 days

  • Correct Answer
  • 8 days 

    Explanation

    (A + B + C)'s 1 day's work = 1 ;
    6

    (A + B)'s 1 day's work = 1 ;
    8

    (B + C)'s 1 day's work = 1 .
    12

    ∴ (A + C)'s 1 day's work
    = 2 x 1 - 1 + 1
    6 8 12
    = 1 - 5
    3 24
    = 3
    24
    = 1 .
    8

    So, A and C together will do the work in 8 days.


    Time and Work problems


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    • 1. A is thrice as good as workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 60 days less than B. Working together, they can do it in:

    • Options
    • A. 20 days
    • B.
      22 1 days
      2
    • C. 25 days
    • D. 30 days
    • Discuss
    • 2. A alone can do a piece of work in 6 days and B alone in 8 days. A and B undertook to do it for Rs. 3200. With the help of C, they completed the work in 3 days. How much is to be paid to C?

    • Options
    • A. Rs. 375
    • B. Rs. 400
    • C. Rs. 600
    • D. Rs. 800
    • Discuss
    • 3. A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they work on it together for 4 days, then the fraction of the work that is left is :

    • Options
    • A.

      1
      4

    • B.

      1
      10

    • C.

      7
      15

    • D.

      8
      15

    • Discuss
    • 4. X and Y can do a piece of work in 20 days and 12 days respectively. X started the work alone and then after 4 days Y joined him till the completion of the work. How long did the work last?

    • Options
    • A. 6 days
    • B. 10 days
    • C. 15 days
    • D. 20 days
    • Discuss
    • 5. Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days. Sixteen men can complete the same work in fifteen days. What is the ratio between the capacity of a man and a woman?

    • Options
    • A. 3 : 4
    • B. 4 : 3
    • C. 5 : 3
    • D. Data inadequate
    • Discuss
    • 6. A machine P can print one lakh books in 8 hours, machine Q can print the same number of books in 10 hours while machine R can print them in 12 hours. All the machines are started at 9 A.M. while machine P is closed at 11 A.M. and the remaining two machines complete work. Approximately at what time will the work (to print one lakh books) be finished?

    • Options
    • A. 11:30 A.M.
    • B. 12 noon
    • C. 12:30 P.M.
    • D. 1:00 P.M.
    • Discuss
    • 7. 10 women can complete a work in 7 days and 10 children take 14 days to complete the work. How many days will 5 women and 10 children take to complete the work?

    • Options
    • A. 3
    • B. 5
    • C. 7
    • D. Cannot be determined
    • E. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. A works twice as fast as B. If B can complete a work in 12 days independently, the number of days in which A and B can together finish the work in :

    • Options
    • A. 4 days
    • B. 6 days
    • C. 8 days
    • D. 18 days
    • Discuss
    • 9. A takes twice as much time as B or thrice as much time as C to finish a piece of work. Working together, they can finish the work in 2 days. B can do the work alone in:

    • Options
    • A. 4 days
    • B. 6 days
    • C. 8 days
    • D. 12 days
    • Discuss
    • 10. If 6 men and 8 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 26 men and 48 boys can do the same in 2 days, the time taken by 15 men and 20 boys in doing the same type of work will be:

    • Options
    • A. 4 days
    • B. 5 days
    • C. 6 days
    • D. 7 days
    • Discuss


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