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If As 1 days work =
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Ex.1. Worker A takes 8 hours to do a job. Worker B takes 10 hours to do the same job. How long
should it take both A and B, working together but independently, to do the same job?
1
Sol.
As 1 hours work =
, Bs 1 hours work =
10
1
9
=
10
40
40
:
4
= 4
days.
9
Ex.2. A and B together can complete a piece of work in 4 days .If A alone can complete the same
work in 12 days , in how many days can B alone complete that work?
1
Sol.
Bs 1 days work =
As 1 days work =
4
1
1
:
1
,
12
1
=
12
.
6
Ex.3. A and B undertake to do a piece of work for Rs. 600. A alone can do it in 6 days while B alone
can do it in 8 days .With the help of C, they finish it in 3 days. Find the share of each.
1
Sol.
Cs 1 days work =
1
=
.
24
1
1
:
1
:
= 4 : 3 : 1.
24
4
:
As share = Rs.
600 x
3
= Rs. 300, Bs share = Rs.
600 x
= Rs. 225.
8
.
18
1
Divide
in the ratio 2 : 1.
18
1
As 1 days work =
2
x
18
1
=
.
27
Ex.5.
A can do a piece of a work in 7 days of 9 hours each and B can do it in 6 days of 7 hours each .
2
How long will they take to do it, working together 8
hours a day?
5
Sol.
1
:
As 1 hours work =
1
and Bs 1 hours work
63
42
1
63
42
126.
126
:
hrs.
5
2
Number of days of 8
126
hrs each =
5
x
= 3 days.
42
Ex.6. A can do a piece of work in 80 days. He works at it for 10 days and then B alone finishes the
remaining work in 42 days. In how much time will A and B, workings together, finish the work?
1
Sol.
x 10 =
80
1
Remaining work
.
8
1 -
7
Now,
42 x
= 48 days.
7
1
:
As 1 days work =
1
and Bs 1 days work =
80
1
:
.
48
1
+
80
8
=
48
1
=
240
.
30
Ex.7. 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:
Sol.
3
x 60 = 90 days.
2
1 1
4 2
+
= =
30 90 90 45
45
1
A and B together can do the work in = 22 days.
2
2
(A + B)'s 1 day's work =
Ex.8.
Sol:
Ex.9. If 5 women or 8 girls can do a work in 84 days. In how many days can 10
women and 5 girls can do the same work?
Sol:
then 21 girls
answer= (8*84/21)=32days.
Therefore 10 women and 5 girls can a work in 32days
Ex.10.
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?
Sol:
Ex.11. A can do a certain job in 12 days . B is 60% more efficient than A . How many days does B
alone take to do the same job?
Sol.
days.
2
Ex.12. 40 men can cut 60 trees in 8 hrs . If 8 men leave the job how many trees will be cut in 12
hours?
Sol.
trees
40 x 8
60 x 32 x 12
= 72 trees.
40 x 8
Ex.13.
A takes 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
?
Sol:
Suppose A,B and C take x,x/2 and x/3 hours respectively 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.
Ex.14.
X can do of a work in 10 days, Y can do 40% of work in 40 days and
can do 1/3 of work in 13 days. Who will complete the work first?
Sol:
Ex.15. Mohan can do a piece of work in 10 days and Ramesh can do the same work in 15
days .How long will they take if both work together?
Sol.
10 x 15
=
150
=
10 + 15
= 6 days
Ans.
25
Ex.16. 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?
Sol.
Ex.17. A does a work in 10 days and B does the same work in 15 days .In how many days
they together will do the same work?
1
Sol.
As 1 days work =
1
and Bs 1 days work =
10
15
1
1
+
10
1
=
15
.
6
Ex.18.
Sol:
Ex.19. A can do a piece of work n 7 days of 9 hours each and B alone can do it
in 6 days of 7 hours each. How long will they take to do it working together
8 2/5 hours a day?
Sol:
Ex.20. A and B can together finish a work 30 days. They worked together for 20 days and then B
left. After another 20 days, A finished the remaining work. In how many days A alone can finish the
work?
Sol.
1
2
x 20 = .
30
3
2 1
Remaining work = 1 - = .
3 3
1
Now, work is done by A in 20 days.
3
(A + B)'s 20 day's work =
Ex.21. 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 :
1
Sol.
(A + B + C)days work =
1
; (A + B)s 1 days work =
8
1
.
12
1
2 x
1
-
1
+
1
=
12
5
-
3
=
24
1
=
24
.
8
Ex.22. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. In how many
days can A do the work if he is assisted by B and C on every third day?
Sol.
1
1
x2 = .
20
10
1 1 1
6 1
(A + B + C)'s 1 day's work =
+ +
= = .
20 30 60 60 10
1 1 1
Work done in 3 days =
+
= .
10 10 5
1
Now, work is done in 3 days.
5
A's 2 day's work =
Ex.23. 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?
Sol.
Work done by X in 4 days =
1
1
x4 = .
20
5
1 4
Remaining work = 1 - = .
5 5
1 1
8 2
(X + Y)'s 1 day's work =
+
= = .
20 12 60 15
2
Now, work is done by X and Y in 1 day.
15
4
15 4
So, work will be done by X and Y in
x = 6 days.
5
2 5
Hence, total time taken = (6 + 4) days = 10 days.
Ex.24. A can do a certain work in the same time in which B and C together
can do it. If A and B together could do it in 10 days and C alone in 50
days, then B alone could do it in how many days?
Sol:
=2/50
=1/25
B alone could complete the work in 25 days.
Ex.26. A can do a piece of work in 4 hours; B and C together can do it in 3 hours, while A and
C together can do it in 2 hours. How long will B alone take to do it?
Sol.
1
A's 1 hour's work = ;
4
1
(B + C)'s 1 hour's work = ;
3
1
(A + C)'s 1 hour's work = .
2
(A + B + C)'s 1 hour's work =
B's 1 hour's work =
1 1 7
+ = .
4 3 12
7 1 1
- = .
12 2 12
Ex.27. A does 80% of a work in 20 days. He then calls in B and they together finish the
remaining work in 3 days. How long B alone would take to do the whole work?
Sol.
Whole work is done by A in 20 x
Now, 1 -
5
= 25 days.
4
4
1
i.e., work is done by A and B in 3 days.
5
5
1
1
A's 1 day's work = , (A + B)'s 1 day's work = .
25
15
1 1
4 2
B's 1 day's work =
= = .
15 25 150 75
75
1
So, B alone would do the work in = 37 days.
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2
Ex.28. X can do a piece of work in 40 days. He works at it for 8 days and then Y finished
it in 16 days. How long will they together take to complete the work?
Sol.
Work done by X in 8 days =
1
1
x8 = .
40
5
1 4
Remaining work = 1 - = .
5 5
4
Now, work is done by Y in 16 days.
5
5
Whole work will be done by Y in 16 x = 20 days.
4
1
1
X's 1 day's work = , Y's 1 day's work = .
40
20
1 1
3
(X + Y)'s 1 day's work =
+
= .
40 20 40
40
1
Hence, X and Y will together complete the work in
= 13 days.
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3
Sol.
7
(A's 1 day's work) : (B's 1 day's work) = : 1 = 7 : 4.
4
Let A's and B's 1 day's work be 7x and 4x respectively.
1
Then, 7x + 4x =
7
1
11x =
7
1
1
A's 1 day's work =
x7 = .
77
11
1
x= .
77
Ex.30. 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 :
Sol.
1
(A + B + C)'s 1 day's work = ;
6
1
(A + B)'s 1 day's work = ;
8
1
(B + C)'s 1 day's work = .
12
1
1 1
(A + C)'s 1 day's work= 2 x - +
6
8 12
1 5
= 3 24
3
=
24
1
= .
8
So, A and C together will do the work in 8 days.