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Topic: Time & Work

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Formula’s
A can do a piece of work in ‘x’ days , B can do it in ‘y’ days , then both A & B together can do
the work in xy/(x+y) days

A can do a piece of work in ‘x’ days , B can do it in ‘y’ days C can do it in ‘z’ days , then all of
them (A,B,C) together can do the work in xyz/(xy+yz+zx) days

A and B can do a piece of work in ‘x’ days , A alone can do it in ‘y’ days , then B alone can do
the work in xy/(y-x) days

A & B can do a piece of work in ‘x’ days , B & C can do it in ‘y’ days, C&A can do it in ‘z’ days ,
then all of them (A,B,C) together can do the work in :2xyz/(xy+yz+zx) days

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Wages can be shared based on ratio of their efficiency.

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Chain Rule
Men , Days , Work

Directly Proportional :
Men ----- work
Days ----- work

Inversely Proportional:
Men ----- Days

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M1*D1*H1 M2*D2*H2
-------------- = --------------
W1 W2
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Problems
Directions:
A can do a piece of work in 18 days,
B can do the same in 24 days.

In how many days can both of them do the same work?

If they started the work together and after 5 days B left, then in how many days the remaining
work will be finished?

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If they are working on alternative days, How many days will it be completed?

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Problems
A can do a job in 20 days, B can do the same job in 30 days. In how many days can both of
them do the same job?

A can do a piece of work in 18 days, B can do the same in 24 days. In how many days can
both of them do the same work?

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A can do a piece of work in 24 days, B can do the same in 48 days. In how many days can
both of them do the same work?

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Problems
A can do a job in 20 days, B can do the same job in 30 days.While C can do the same job in
60 days. In how many days can all of them do the same job?

A can do a job in 16 days, B can do the same job in 24 days.While C can do the same job in
36 days. In how many days can all of them do the same job?

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A & B can do a piece of work in 20 days and A can do same work in 60 days. In how many
days will B do this work ?
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Problems
A & B can do a job in 12 days, B & C can do the same job in 15 days.While C & A can do the
same job in 20 days.

In how many days can all of them do the same job?

In how many days can A alone finish the job?

In how many days can B alone finish the job?

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In how many days can C alone finish the job?
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Problems
A can do a job in 16 days, B can do same job in 12 days. With the help of C they did the job in
4 days. C alone can do the same job in how many days ?

A can do a job in 4 days, B & C can do same job in 3 days. A & C can do it in 2 days. in how
many days will B alone finish the same job ?

A can do a certain job in 12 days . B is 60% more efficient than A. how many days does B

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alone take to do the same job?

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Problems
A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B can do same work in 15 days. Both A and B start
the work and after 3 days B left. In how many days will A do the remaining work?

A can do a piece of work in 20 days and B can do same work in 25 days. Both A and B start
the work and after 8 days A left. In how many days will the total work be completed ?

A can do a piece of work in 12 days and B can do same work in 18 days. Both A and B start

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the work and after some days A left and B complete the remaining work in 8 days. After how
many days will A left work?

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Problems
A can do a certain job in 25 days which B alone can do in 20 days. A started the work and
was joined by B after 10 days. The number of days taken in completing the work were ?

A and B can do a piece of work in 45 days and 40 days respectively. They began to do the
work together but A leaves after some days and then B completed the remaining work in 23
days. After how many days did a leave the job?

Abhimanyu and supreet can together finish a work in 50 days. They worked together for 35
days and then supreet left. After another 21 days, Abhimanyu finished the remaining work. In

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how many days Abhimanyu alone can finish the work?
a. 70 days b. 75 days c. 80 days d. 60 days

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Problems
Manish is thrice as good as workman as Kunal and together they finish a piece of work in 24
days. Find the total number of days in which Manish can finish the work.?

Shankar is twice as good as workman as Babu and together they finish a piece of work in 18
days. Find the total number of days in which Bablu can finish the work.?

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Problems
Ram takes 6 hours to type 32 pages. Shyam takes 5 hours to type 40 pages. In how many
hours they will type 110 pages together ?

12 men work 8 hours per day to complete the work in 10 days. To complete the same work in
8 days, working 15 hours a day, Find  the number of men required ?

10 men can complete a work in 7 days. But 10 women need 14 days to complete the same
work. How many days will 5 men and 10 women need to complete the work?

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Running at the same constant rate, 6 identical machines can produce a total of 270 bottles
per minute. At this rate, how many bottles could 10 such machines produce in 4 minutes?
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Problems
A certain number of men complete a piece of work in 60 days. If there were 8 men more, the
work could be finished in 10 days less. How many men were originally there?

There is a sufficient food for 400 men for 31 days, After 28 days 280 men leave the place.
Then for how many days will the rest food last for the rest of men ?

A contractor employed 210 men to build a house in 60 days. After 12 days, he was joined by
70 more men. In how many days will the remaining work be finished?

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If 16 men can dig a trench 160 meters long in 24 days, then how many meters can 18 men dig
in 60 days?
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Problems
20 men can prepare 40 toys in 24 days working 18 hrs a day. Then in how many days 36 men
prepare 48 toys working 16hrs a day?

If 11 tailor's stitch 11 orders in 11 days, then 1 tailor will stitch 1 order in how many days?

5 cats can catch 5 mice in 5 minutes. How many cats does it take to catch 100 mice in 100
minutes?

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5 cats can catch 5 mice in 5 minutes. How many cats does it take to catch 100 mice in 40
minutes?

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Problems
If 3 men or 4 women can reap a field in 43 days , How long will 7 men and 5 women take to
reap it?

If 3 men or 4 women or 5 boys can reap a field in 47 days , How long will 1 man and 1
woman & 1 boy take to reap it?.

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Problems
If 3 men or 4 women can reap a field in 43 days , How long will 7 men and 5 women take to
reap it?

If 3 men or 4 women or 5 boys can reap a field in 47 days , How long will 1 man and 1
woman & 1 boy take to reap it?.

If 12 men and 16 boys can do a piece of work in 5 days and 13 men and 24 boys can do it in 4
days , compare the daily work done by a man with that done a boy?

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12 M + 16 B ==> 5 days
==> 60 M+80 B = 52 M +96 B
13 M + 24 B ==> 4 days

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Problems
4 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can complete
it in 10 days. In how many days will 10 women complete it?

4 M + 6W ==> 8 days
32M+48 W = 30 M + 4(11W)+6 W =50W
==> 70W ==> =>50 W ---- 8 days
=> 2 M= 22 W 10 w ------ ?
3 M + 7 W ==> 10 days
=> 1 M = 11W

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Problems

4 men and 3 women finish a job in 6 days, and 5 men and 7 women can do the same job in 4
days. How long will 1 man and 1 woman take to do the work?

1) 22(2/7) days

2) 25(1/2) days
6 (4 M + 3 W ) = 4 ( 5 M + 7 W)
3) 5(1/7) days 24M + 18 W = 20M+28W
4 M = 10 W
4) 12(7/22) days 2M = 5W

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Problems
A alone can complete a work in 9 days and B alone can do in 12 days. Starting with A, they
work on alternate days. The total work will be completed in ?

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Problems
A alone can complete a work in 12 days and B alone can do in 15 days. Starting with A, they
work on alternate days. The total work will be completed in

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Problems
A alone can complete a work in 16 days and B alone can do in 12 days. Starting with A, they
work on alternate days. The total work will be completed in

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Problems
Abbot can do some work in 10 days, bill can do it in 20 days and clinton can do it in 40 days.
They start working in turns with Abbot starting to work on first day followed by bill on second
day and by clinton on third day and again by Abbot on fourth day and so on till the work is
completed fully. Find the time taken to complete the work fully?

A. 26.5 days
B. 20 days
C. 10 days
D. 16.5 days

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Problems
A and B together can do a piece of work in 12 days,which B and C together can do in 16
days.After A has been working at it for 5 Days and B for 7 Days,C finishes in 13 days.In how
many days C alone will do the work?

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Pipes and Cisterns

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Problems
Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 30 and 40 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are used
together, then how long will it take to fill the tank?

Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 5 and 6 hours respectively. Pipe C can empty it in 12 hours. If
all the three pipes are opened together, then the tank will be filled in:

Pipe A can fill a tank in 36 minutes and pipe B can fill it in 45 minutes. If both the pipes are
opened to fill an empty tank, in how many minutes will it be full?

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(a) 15 (b) 18 (c) 20 (d) 25 (e) None of these

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Problems
Two pipes can separately fill a tank in 10 hrs and 40 hrs resp. Both the pipes are opened
together to fill the tank, but when the tank is half-filled a leakage develops, through which 1/2
of the water supplied by both the pipes leaks out. What is the total time taken to fill the tank ?

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Problems
Outlet Pipe A can empty a tank in 15 hr and another inlet B can fill the same tank in 10 hr and
third inlet pipe C can fill the water at the rate of 60 ltr/ hr. All the pipe opened together then
the tank fill in 6 hr. Find the capacity of tank.

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Problems
A cistern can be filled in 9 hours but it takes 10 hours due to a leak in its bottom. If the
cistern is full, then the time that the leak will take to empty it is:

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Problems
A tank can be filled by a tap in 20 minutes and by another tap in 60 minutes. Both taps are
kept open for 10 minutes and then the first tap is shut off. After this, the tank will be
completely filled in:

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Problems
A tank is filled in 5 hours by three pipes A, B and C. The pipe C is twice as fast as B and B is
twice as fast as A. How much time will pipe A alone take to fill the tank?

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