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Q:

# Mr. stenley employed a certain number of typist for his project. 8 days later 20% of the typist left the job and it was found that it took as much time to complete the rest work from then as the entire work needed with all the employed typists. The average speed of a typist is 20 pages/hour. Minimum how many typist could be employed?

 A) 10 B) 5 C) 15 D) 4

Explanation:

Since 20% $\left&space;(&space;i.e,\frac{1}{5}&space;\right&space;)$ typists left the job. So, there can be any value which is multiple of 5 i.e, whose 20% is always an integer. Hence, 5 is the least possible value.

Q:

Amar can do a piece of work in 10 days. He works at it for 4 days and then Arun finishes it in 9 days. In how many days can Amar and Arun together finish the work ?

 A) 4 days B) 8 days C) 3 days D) 6 days

Explanation:

4/10 + 9/x = 1

=> x = 15

Then both can do in

1/10 + 1/15 = 1/6

=> 6 days

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Q:

12 men complete a work in 9 days. After they have worked for 6 days, 4 more men join them. How many days will they take to complete the remaining work ?

 A) 2 days B) 2.5 days C) 2.25 days D) 3 days

Explanation:

1 man's 1 day work = 1/108
12 men's 6 day's work = 1/9 x 6 = 2/3

Remaining work = 1 - 2/3 = 1/3

16 men's 1 day work = 1/108 x 16 = 4/27
4/27 work is done by them in 1 day.

1/3 work is done by them in 27/4 x 1/3 = 9/4 days.

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Q:

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 of the total

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.