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  • Question
  • A does half as much work as B in three-fourth of the time. If the together they take 18 days to complete a work. How much time shall B take to do it?


  • Options
  • A. 40 days
  • B. 35 days
  • C. 30 days
  • D. None of these

  • Correct Answer
  • 30 days 

    Explanation

    Let B takes N days to do the work
    ? A takes 2 x (3/4) x N = 3N/2 days to do it
    ? (A + B)'s 1 day's work = 1/18
    ? 1/N + 2/3N = 1/18
    ? N = 30


  • Time and Work problems


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    • 1. 
      The rates of working of A and B are in the ratio 3 : 4. The number of days taken by them to finish the work are in the ratio?

    • Options
    • A. 3 : 4
    • B. 9 : 16
    • C. 4 : 3
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. 
      Mohan can move his lawn in x hours after 2 hour it begins to rain. The unmoved part of the lawn is?

    • Options
    • A. 2/x
    • B. (2 - x)/2
    • C. x/2
    • D. (x - 2)/x
    • Discuss
    • 3. 
      A can copy 75 pages in 25 hours. A and B together can copy 135 pages in 27 hours. In what time can B copy 42 pages?

    • Options
    • A. 21 hours
    • B. 5 hours, 36 second
    • C. 18 hours
    • D. 24 hours
    • Discuss
    • 4. 
      A , B and C can complete a work in 2 h. If A does the job alone in 6 h and B in 5 h, how long will it take for C to finish the job alone?

    • Options
    • A. 51/2 h
    • B. 71/2 h
    • C. 9 h
    • D. 41/2 h
    • Discuss
    • 5. 
      A can do a piece of work in 4 days and B can complete the same work in 12 days. What is the number of days required to do the same work together?

    • Options
    • A. 2 days
    • B. 3 days
    • C. 4 days
    • D. 5 days
    • Discuss
    • 6. 
      A and B together can do a work in 24 days. B alone does its 1/3 part in 12 days. How long will A alone take to do the remaining work?

    • Options
    • A. 48 days
    • B. 36 days
    • C. 24 days
    • D. 72 days
    • Discuss
    • 7. 
      15 men complete a work in 16 days If 24 men are employed then the time require to complete that work will be

    • Options
    • A. 7 days
    • B. 8 days
    • C. 10 days
    • D. 12 days
    • Discuss
    • 8. 
      A can complete a piece of work in 18 days and B can complete the same work in half time taken by A. Then, working together, what part of the same work they can complete in a day?

    • Options
    • A. 1/6
    • B. 1/9
    • C. 2/5
    • D. 2/7
    • Discuss
    • 9. 
      A and B together can do a piece of work in 12 days, while B alone can finish it in 30 days. A alone can finish the work in?

    • Options
    • A. 15 days
    • B. 18 days
    • C. 20 days
    • D. 25 days
    • Discuss
    • 10. 
      Aarti can do a piece of work in 6 days. In how many days will she complete three time of work of same type?

    • Options
    • A. 18 days
    • B. 21 days
    • C. 3 days
    • D. 6 days
    • Discuss


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