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Q:

# Adam and Smith are working on a project. Adam takes 6 hrs to type 36 pages on a computer, while Smith takes 5 hrs to type 40 pages. How much time will they take, working together on two different computers to type a project of 120 pages?

 A) 8 hrs 45 min B) 8 hrs 42 min C) 8 hrs D) 8 hrs 34 min

Answer:   D) 8 hrs 34 min

Explanation:

Number of pages typed by Adam in 1 hour = 36/6 = 6
Number of pages typed by Smith in 1 hour = 40/5 = 8
Number of pages typed by both in 1 hour = (6 + 8) = 14
Time taken by both to type 110 pages = (120 * 1/14) = $8\frac{4}{7}$ = 8 hrs 34 min.

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P alone can complete a piece of work in 6 days. Work done by Q alone in one day is equal to one-third of the work done by P alone in one day. In how many days can the work be completed if P and Q work together  ?

 A) 5 (2/3) B) 6 (3/4 ) C) 4 (1/2) D) 3

Explanation:

Work done by P alone in one day = 1/6th of the total work done by Q alone in one day = 1/3(of that done by P in one day) = 1/3(1/6 of the total) = 1/18 of the total.

Work done by P and Q, working together in one day = 1/6 + 1/18  = 4/18 = 2/9

They would take 9/2 days = 4 (1/2) days to complete the work working together.

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Q:

A can do a piece of work in 30 days. He works at it for 6 days and then B finishes it in 18 days. In what time can A and B together it ?

 A) 14 1/2 days B) 11 days C) 13 1/4 days D) 12 6/7 days

Explanation:

Let 'B' alone can do the work in 'x' days

6/30 + 18/x = 1

=> x = 22.5

1/30 + 1/22.5 = 7/90

=> 90/7 = 12 6/7 days

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Q:

Two persons K and L can complete a piece of work in 30 days and 45 days respectively. If they work together, what part of the work will be completed in 3 days ?

 A) 1/6 B) 1/3 C) 2/3 D) 1/18

Explanation:

K's one day's work = 1/30
L's one day's work = 1/45
(K + L)'s one day's work = 1/30 + 1/45 = 1/18

The part of the work completed in 3 days = 3 (1/18) = 1/6.

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Q:

It takes one minute to fill 2/7 th of a vessel. What is the time taken in minutes to fill the whole of the vessel  ?

 A) 1/7 min B) 7/2 min C) 5/7 min D) 7/5 min

Explanation:

Time taken to fill 2/7 = 1
Then to fill full 1 = ?
? = 1/(2/7) = 7/2 minutes.

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Q:

If 34 men completed 2/5th of a work in 8 days working 9 hours a day. How many more man should be engaged to finish the rest of the work in 6 days working 9 hours a day ?

 A) 101 men B) 112 men C) 102 men D) 120 men

Explanation:

From the above formula i.e (m1 x t1/w1) = (m2 x t2/w2)

so, [(34 x 8 x 9)/(2/5)] = [(M x 6 x 9)/(3/5)]

so, M = 136 men

Number of men to be added to finish the work = 136-34 = 102 men.

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Q:

45 men working 9 hours per day dig 40 m deep. How many extra men should be put to dig to a depth of 56 m working 7 hours per day ?

 A) 36 B) 61 C) 48 D) 54

Explanation:

(45 x 9)/40 = (M x 7)/56 => M = 81

=> 81 – 45 = 36

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Q:

A can do a piece of work in 15 days and B can do it in 16 days and C can do it 24 days. They started the work together and A leaves after 3 days and B leaves after 4 days from the beginning. How long will work lost ?

 A) 10 2/3 days B) 13 1/5 days C) 12 2/3 days D) 11 5/7 days

Explanation:

3/15 + 4/16 + x/24 = 1

$⇒x=13\frac{1}{5}$

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Q:

A take twice as much time as B or thrice as much time to finish a piece of work. Working together, they can finish the work in 2 days. B can do the work alone in  ?

 A) 8 hrs B) 12 hrs C) 6 hrs D) 4 hrs

Explanation:

Suppose A, B and C take x, x/2 and x/3 respectively to finish the work.

Then, (1/x + 2/x + 3/x) = 1/2

=> 6/x = 1/2      => x = 12

So, B takes 6 hours to finish the work.