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TIME AND WORK-II

Formulae: The basic assumptions we have while solving the problems on time and work are (i) Total work is always taken as 1 unit. (ii) The work done by a person is uniform throughout the working time. For e.g. if a person does a work in T days then (a) the persons T - day work = 1 1 (b) The one day work of the person = T (iii) If two persons can alone finish a work in x-days and y-days respectively, then x y together they can finish the work in x + y days. (iv) If two persons together can do the work in x-days and one of them alone can do it x y in y days then the other person alone can do it in y x days. (v) If three persons A, B and C can finish a work separately in t1 ,t 2 and t 3 days respectively and the work is finished after A works on it for d1 -days, B for d 2 days and C for d 3 days. d d d Then 1 + 2 + 3 = 1 t1 t 2 t3

PROBLEMS
1. Sweta can complete a piece of work in 8 hours and Priyanka can complete the same piece of work in 4 hours. How much time will both of them take together (approximately) to complete the same piece of work? 1) 2 hours 2) 3 hours 3) 5 hours 4) 4 hours 5) 8 hours ANSWER: 2 Shwetas one hour work =
1 8 1 4

Priyankas one hour work =

Their combined one hour work =

1 1 1+ 2 3 + = = 8 4 8 8 8 2 Together they can do the work in = 2 hours 3 3

3 hours

2. X and Y can make a machine in 12 days and Y alone can make it in 48 days. X alone can make the machine in 1) 40 days 2) 32 days 3) 24 days 4) 16 days 5) None of these ANSWER: 4

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(X + Y)s one day work = Ys one day work =
1 48
1 12

1 1 4 1 3 1 = = = 12 48 48 48 16 X can do the work in 16 days.

Xs one day work =

3. B and C together can complete a work in 8 days, A and B together can complete the same work in 12 days and A and C together can complete the same work in 16 days. In total, how many days can A, B and C together completes the same work? 9 5 5 5 1) 3 2) 7 3) 7 4) 3 5) None of these 13 13 12 12 ANSWER: 2
1 8 1 (A + B)s one day work = 12 1 (A + C)s one day work = 16

(B + C)s one day work =

[(A + B) + (B + C) + (C + A)]s one day work =

13 48 13 (A + B + C)s one day work = 96 96 5 (A +B + C) can do the work in = 7 hours 13 13

1 1 1 6 + 4 + 3 13 + + = = 8 12 16 48 48

2(A + B + C)s one day work =

4. Abhishek can finish a work in 15 days, Karan in 18 days and Bhargava in 20 days. Karan and Bhargava starts the work together and are forced to leave after 4 days. Then what is the time taken to finish the remaining work? 2 2 2 2 1) 9 2) 8 3) 10 4) 7 5) None of these 3 3 3 3 ANSWER: 2 4 4 40 + 36 76 19 Work done by Karan and Bhargava in 4 days = + = = = 18 20 180 180 45 19 26 Remaining work = 1 = 45 45 26 26 2 Time taken by Abhishek to finish the remaining work = 15 = = 8 days 45 3 3 5. A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B in 20 days. They work together but 2 days before the completion of the work, A leaves. In how many days was the work completed? 1) 6 2) 10 3) 9 4) 8 5) None of these ANSWER: 4

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Let the work be finished in T days. Then A will work for (T 2) days and B for T days
(T 2) T + =1 10 20 2T 4 + T =1 20 3T 4 = 20 24 T= =8 3

6. A and B can do a work in 40 and 25 days respectively. They began the work together, but A left after some time and B finished the remaining work in 12 days. After how many days did A leave? 1) 6 days 2) 8 days 3) 10 days 4) 12 days 5) 15 days ANSWER: 2 Let A leaves after T days. Then A works for T days and B for (T + 12) days T (T + 12) + =1 40 25 5T + 8T + 96 =1 200 13T + 96 = 200 104 T= =8 13 7. A can do a piece of work in 36 days, B in 54 days and C in 72 days. All the three began the work together but A left 8 days and B 12 days before the completion of the work. How many days in all did C put in till the entire work was finished? 1) 24 days 2) 28 days 3) 20 days 4) 32 days 5) None of these ANSWER: 1 Let the total work be finished in T days. Then A worked for (T 8) days, B for (T12) days and C for T days (T 8) (T 12 ) T + + =1 36 54 72 6T 48 + 4T 48 + 3T =1 216 13T 96 = 216 13T = 312 312 T= = 24 13 8. A can do a piece of work in 30 days, B and C together can do the same work in 20 2 days. A and B worked together and completed of the work in 12 days. How many 3 days will be required by C to complete the remaining work?

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1) 13 days these ANSWER: 3 A and B can complete the work in 12
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2) 11 days

3) 12 days

4) 10 days

5) None of

3 = 18 days 2

A can do it in 30 days, B can finish the work in C alone can finish the work in C can do

18 30 18 30 = 45 days = (30 18) 12

20 45 = 36 days ( 45 20)

1 1 rd of work in (36) = 12 days 3 3

9. A can do a piece of work in 15 days and B in 20 days. How much time will they take to complete the work on alternate days, starting with A? 1) 16 2) 18 3) 17 4) 19 5) None of these ANSWER: 3 If A and B work on alternate days, the work done by them in 2 days 1 1 4+3 7 = + = = 15 20 60 60 7 14 Work done in 2 8 = 16 days = 8 = 60 15 14 1 Remaining 1 can be done by A on the next day i.e. 17th day = 15 15 The work can be completed in 17 days 10. Seven girls can do a piece of work in 13 days, six boys can do the same piece of work in 12 days, nine men can do the same piece of work in nine days and six women can do the same piece of work in 14 days. Who are the most efficient? 1) Boys 2) Girls 3) Women 4) Men 5) Both men and women ANSWER: 1 7 girls can do the work in 13 days, so 1 girl can do the work in 7 13 = 91 days Similarly A boy can do the work in 6 12 = 72 days, A man can do the work in 9 9 = 81 days A woman can do the work in 6 14 = 84 days Since the boy is taking the least number of days, the boys group is most efficient. Directions (11-13): Study the given graph carefully to answer the questions that follow: Number of Days taken by three carpenters to finish making one piece each of four different items of furniture

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11. If carpenter X and carpenter Y were to make a chair together how many days would they take? 1) 1 day 2) 4 days 3) 3 days 4) 2 days 5) None of these ANSWER: 5 1 Part of chair made by X in one day = 2 1 Part of chair made by Y in one day = 4 1 1 3 Combined one day work = + = 2 4 4 4 Number of days required to do a chair = days 3 12. If carpenters X, Y and Z were to make a table together how many days would they take? 1) 4 days 2) 3 days 3) 1 day 4) 2 days 5) None of these ANSWER: 3 1 1 1 2 +1+ 3 6 (X + Y + Z)s one day work in finishing a table = + + = = = 1 day 3 6 2 6 6 13. What is the total number of days the carpenter Z will take to make one piece each of all the four items together? 1 1 1) 32 days 2) 24 days 3) 1 days 4) 1 days 5) None of 59 32 these ANSWER: 1 Number of days required to do one piece of each by Z = 3 + 2 + 12 + 15 = 32

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