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  • Question
  • 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

  • Correct Answer
  • 4 days 

    Explanation
    Ratio of rates of working of A and B = 2 : 1.

    So, ratio of times taken = 1 : 2.

    B's 1 day's work = 1 .
    12

    ∴ A's 1 day's work = 1 ; (2 times of B's work)
    6

    (A + B)'s 1 day's work = 1 + 1 = 3 = 1 .
    6 12 12 4

    So, A and B together can finish the work in 4 days.


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    • 1. 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
    • 2. 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
    • 3. 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
    • Discuss
    • 4. 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
    • 5. 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
    • 6. 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
    • 7. 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
    • 8. Sakshi can do a piece of work in 20 days. Tanya is 25% more efficient than Sakshi. The number of days taken by Tanya to do the same piece of work is:

    • Options
    • A. 15
    • B. 16
    • C. 18
    • D. 25
    • Discuss
    • 9. A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the same work in 15 days. B worked for 10 days and left the job. In how many days, A alone can finish the remaining work?

    • Options
    • A. 5
    • B.

      5 1
      2

    • C. 6
    • D. 8
    • Discuss
    • 10. A and B together can do a piece of work in 30 days. A having worked for 16 days, B finishes the remaining work alone in 44 days. In how many days shall B finish the whole work alone?

    • Options
    • A. 30 days
    • B. 40 days
    • C. 60 days
    • D. 70 days
    • Discuss


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