Time and Work

Topics Covered
 Time
 Work and Efficiencies
QA
CEX-Q-0210/23

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Number of questions : 25

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1. In 16 days, 45 men can complete a certain 4
job. After working for 6 days, 30 more men (1) 11 days (2) 12 days
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joined them. How many more days would

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they now take to finish the job? 4
(3) 10 days (4) 13 days
(1) 4 days (2) 12 days (3) 6 days 5
(4) 8 days (5) 7 days

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2. Five men take as much time to do a job as work in 15 days while A alone can complete
10 women. If 6 men take 10 days to complete the work in 21 days. How long will B alone
take to complete the job?

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a job working 4 hr per day, how much time
would 10 women take to do a job twice as big 1 1
(1) 52 days (2) 52 days

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as the earlier mentioned job while working 6 2 8
hr a day?
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(1) 12 days (2) 14 days (3) 16 days (3) 51 days (4) 53 days
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(4) 18 days (5) 20 days
7. X is three times as fast as Y and is able to
3. If 3 men or 4 women can construct a tower in
complete a piece of work in 40 days less than
43 days, then how many days will 7 men and Y. The time in which they, working together,
5 women together take to construct it? can complete the work is
(1) 14 days (2) 15 days (3) 13 days
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(4) 16 days (5) 12 days (1) 15 days (2) 10 days (3) 7 days
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4. Five men and two women can do a job in (4) 5 days (5) 20 days
4 days. When six men and three women work
8. A and B can complete a job in 8 days working
on the same job, the work gets completed in
together. B alone can complete it in 12 days.
3 days. How long will 1 women and 1 men Both started working together and worked for
take to do the job? (SNAP) 4 days and then B left. How long will A take
to complete the remaining work?
5. A takes 18 days to finish a job. B takes 27
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days to finish the same job. How long would (1) 10 days (2) 11 days
it take for both A and B, working together to 4 2
finish the same job? (3) 16 days (4) 12 days

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9. A and B, each working alone, can complete 14. A group of workers was put on a job. From
a job in 12 and 18 days, respectively. They the second day onwards, one worker was
started working together but B left after withdrawn each day. The job was finished
sometime and A finished the remaining job in when the last worker was withdrawn. Had no
6 days. After how many days from the start worker been withdrawn at any stage, the group
did B leave? would have finished the job in two-third the
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time. How many workers were there in the
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(1) 2 days (2) 5 days (3) 3 days group? (CAT)
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(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 5 (4) 11

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(4) 4 days (5) 3 days 15. The digging work of the DMRC requires twelve
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10. A and B working together can do a piece of

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men to complete the work in eight days. As a

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part of the task if DMRC were to hire sixteen

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work in 18 days, B and C in 24 days, C and A women, they can complete the same work in
in 36 days. How many days will it take if all of twelve days. Eight men and eight women
them work together? started working and worked for six days. Due

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(1) 18 days (2) 21 days (3) 16 days to time bound schedule the work had to be
(4) 14 days (5) 20 days completed in remaining 1 day, for which how

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many more men are to be employed? (IIFT)
(1) 10 (2) 12 (3) 16 (4) 20

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11. A, B and C can complete a job in 10 days,
working together. But only two of them can
work together at a time. If all of them work for 16. Three Professors Dr. Gupta, Dr Sharma and
Dr. Singh are evaluating answer scripts of a

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the same number of days with equal efficiency,
how many days would each one have worked subject. Dr. Gupta is 40% more efficient than
for when the job is completed? Dr. Sharma, who is 20% more efficient than

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(1) 8 days
(4) 18 days
(2) 12 days
(5) 10 days
O(3) 15 days

A and B can do a job in 12 days and B and C

can do it in 16 days. After A has worked for 5
Dr. Singh. Dr. Gupta takes 10 days less than
Dr. Sharma to complete the evaluation work.
Dr. Gupta starts the evaluation work and works
for 10 days and then Dr. Sharma takes over.
Dr. Sharma evaluates for next 15 days and
days and B has worked for 7 days, C can then stops. In how many days, Dr. Singh can
finish rest of the job in 13 days. In how many complete the remaining evaluation work?
days can C do the work alone? (IIFT)
(1) 28 days (2) 32 days (3) 36 days (1) 7.2 days (2) 9.5 days
(4) 24 days (5) 40 days (3) 11.5 days (4) None of these

13. A can complete a piece of work in 2 days. B 17. Kishan and Kanhaiya can do a job in 8 days
takes double the time taken by A, C takes and 12 days respectively. If they work on
double that of B, and D takes double that of alternate days with Kishan working on the
C to complete the same task. They are paired first day, in how many days will the work be
in groups of two each. One pair takes two finished?
thirds the time needed by the second pair to 1 1 2
complete the work. Which is the first pair? (1) 9 days (2) 9 days (3) 9 days
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(CAT)
(1) A and B (2) A and C 3
(4) 9 days (5) None of these
(3) B and C (4) A and D 4

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18. Two pipes P and Q can fill a tank in 12 minutes
and 15 minutes respectively. A third pipe R
can empty the full tank in 6 minutes. P and Q
are kept open for 5 minutes initially and then
pipe R is also opened. Find out whether the
tank will get filled or emptied after that and in
how many minutes.
(1) Filled, 15 minutes
21. Three pipes, A, B and C are connected to a
tank. These pipes can fill the tank separately
in 10 hrs, 15 hrs and 20 hrs respectively.
When all the three pipes were opened
simultaneously, it was observed that pipes A
and B were supplying water at 3/4th of their
normal rates for the first hour after which they
supplied water at the normal rate. Pipe C
supplied water at 2/3rd of its normal rate for

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(2) Emptied, 45 minutes first 2 hours, after which it supplied at its

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(3) Filled, 45 minutes normal rate. In approximate how much time,
(4) Emptied 60 minutes

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would tank be filled? (IIFT)
(1) 5 Hrs (2) 6 Hrs
19. Two pipes can separately fill a tank in 20 min
and 15 min respectively and a waste pipe can
empty the completely filled tank in 12 min.
On a certain day, the two inlet pipes are
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(4) None of these

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Anju can build up a structure in 30 days and
Bhumi can break the same structure in 40

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turned on simultaneously to fill the empty days. If they work on alternate days with Anju
tank. But after 9 min it was found that the starting the job on first day, then in how many

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waste pipe was also left opened, it was closed days will the wall be built for the first time?

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immediately. How much additional time was
23. Pipe A can fill an empty tank in 4 hours while
required to fill the tank completely?
pipe B can empty the full tank in 3 hours. If
(1) 5.5 min (2) 5 min (3) 6 min they opened on alternate hours starting with

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(4) 6.2 min (5) 6.5 min pipe B, then how much time (in hour) will they
take to empty the full tank completely.

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20. A tank ‘x’ can be filled by an inlet pipe of
circular cross section in 10 min. Another tank 24. Aryan alone can do a job in 10 days while
twice as big is filled in by 3 inlet pipes whose Piyush alone can do it in 20 days. Aryan
diameters are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3. If the starts the job, and after 3 days, Piyush joins
smallest pipe among these is four times as him. Again, after a few more days, Bimal joins
much in cross section as the inlet pipe of the them and they together finish the job. If Bimal
tank ‘X’, find the time taken to fill the second has done 10% of the job, then in how many
tank. [Speed of water flowing into the second days was the job done? (CAT)
tank is half the speed of the water flowing
25. Men and women can both perform a job but
into the first tank]
at different effciencies. Fifteen men and five
5 5 women working together take thirty days to
(1) min (2) min finish the job, whereas five men and fifteen
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women working together take sixty days to
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(3) min (4) min finish it. How many days will fifteen men
6 5 working together (without any woman) take
to finish it? (CAT)

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 QA : Solutions CEX-Q-0210/23
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1. 3 Let them take x more days to finish the job

 45  16  45  6  75  x 5. 3 A’s 1 day’s work 
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45  10
 x  6 days 1
75 B’s 1 day’s work 
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2. 3 6 men can do the job in 40 hrs.

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 12 women can do the same job in 40 hrs. (A + B)’s 1 day’s work   
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40  12

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 10 women can do the same job in hrs
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10 women can do twice the job in:  Both A and B will finish the work in 5  10 5 days.

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40  12
 2 hrs  96 hrs  16 days.
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6. 1 (A + B)’s 1 day’s work 
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3. 5 3 men = 4 women
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1 man = women. A’s 1 day’s work 
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 7 m + 5 w = 7  w  5w B’s 1 day’s work   
3 15 21 105
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 w  5w  women 105 1
3 3  B alone can finish the work in  52 days.
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Women days
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7. 1 X is 3 times as fast as Y. Therefore, if x complete a
43 work in 1 day y take 3 days to complet it.
x
3 Therefore, the difference between the working days
4  43 is 2.
x  12 days But in this case the difference is 40 days.
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Therefore, A completes a work in 20 days and B
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completes the work in 60 days.
4. 12 Let a man completes the job in ‘m’ days and a woman A and B together competes a work
completes the job in ‘w’ days. 1 1 3 1 1
    = 15 days.
5 2 1 20 60 60 15
  … (i)
m w 4
6 3 1 1
  … (ii) 8. 4 (A + B)’s 1 day’s work  ;
m w 3 8
On solving (i) and (ii), we get
m = 36, w = 18 1 1
(A + B)’s 4 day’s work  ; Remaining work 
One man and one woman will do work in ‘d’ days. 2 2
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Required time =   
36 18 12 d Work completed by A in 1 day   
8 12 24
 d = 12 days.

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  A alone takes 24 days to complete the job. 12. 4 Let A do ‘A’ amount of work per day, B do ‘B’ amount of
work per day and C do ‘C’ amount of work per day.
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Since only of the work is left, A will complete the 1 1
2  A B  , BC
12 16
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remaining work in  24  12 days. 5A + 7B + 13 C = 1
2 5A + 5B + 2B + 2C + 11C = 1
 5 (A + B) + 2 (B + C) + 11C = 1
1 work 1 1
9. 3 A’s work for 6 days  6  work  5   2  11C  1
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The remaining work was completed by A and B 24
2  C alone can do the work in 24 days.

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together.
13. 4 Work done in one day by A, B, C and D are

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Work completed by A and B in a day   
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, , and respectively..
 Number of days they worked together 2 4 8 16
Using answer choices, we note that the pair of B and
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 2    3 days . C does of work in one day; the pair of A and D does
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  of the work in one day..
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Hence, B left after 3 days from the start of the work.
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Hence, A and D take days.
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10. 3 …(i)
A B 18 B and C take days.
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1 1 1 Hence, the first pair must comprise of A and D.

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  …(ii)
B C 24
14. 2 Let the work done by a worker be x units, w be the
1 1 1 total work and n be the number of workers in the
  …(iii)
A C 36 group. Then,
w = W ork done on the nth day i.e., last day + Work
Adding equations (i), (ii) and (iii) done on the second last day + … + Work done on the
first day
 1 1 1 1
2     n  n+1 x
 A B C 8  w= x + 2x + ... + nx = … (i)
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1 1 1 1 When none of the workers is removed, then
   
A B C 16
2n 2n2 x … (ii)
Required answer = 16 days. w = nx  
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11. 5 Let there be 30 units of work. Each day 3 units are From equation (i) and (ii), we get
completed. So each of A, B and C would do 1 unit per n  n+1 x 2n2 x
day. So if A, B, work on day 1 they would complete 
2 units. Similarly, (B, C) and (C, A) do 2 units per day. 2 3
So when the job is completed that is at the end of  n = 3.
15 days each one would have worked for 10 days.
15. 2 From the given data, we can write that the total work
Alternative method: is equivalent to (12 × 8) man days which in turn is
Since each one works for equal number of days they equivalent to (16 × 12) woman days.
would have done the same amount of work. Hence, Hence, 1 man-day is equivalent to 2 woman-days.
they would each do 10 units, i.e. in 10 days. Let x be the number of additional men required for the
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 Total work  12 × 8 will fill (3 + 4 – 5) = 2 units per min. Hence, in first 9 min,
= (8 men + 8 women) × 6 days + (8 men + 18 units of tank is filled. Since the waste pipe is closed
8 women) × 1 days  The remaining 42 units will require
 8   8  42
  8 men  men   6 days  (8  x) men  men  1 = 6 min to fill.
 2   2  34
12 × 8 = 12 × 6 + (12 + x)
 x = 12. 20. 2 Let the cross sectional area of the pipe fitted with tank
X be x square units.
16. 1 Let efficiency of Gupta, Sharma and Singh are x, y, z Therefore, the corss sectional area of the pipes fitted
with the other tank is 4x, 16x and 36x respectively.

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respectively and the time taken by them be tg, ts and th
respectively.
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x = 1.4y, y = 1.2z Hence, the required time =  .
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(4x  16x  36x) 

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t s  t g  10    10   35  t s.
y 1.4y y
 tg = 35 – 10 = 25 days
and th = 35 × 1.2 = 42 days
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25
 10 
W
35
 15 
W
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 t 'h  W
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TA 
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, TB 
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Let the work done by 3 pipes per hour be TA, TB and

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2 3  14  15  6
 1     1 
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 t 'h   42  7.2 days For 2nd hour =    
35 10 15 3 20 5

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17. 1 Assume units of work done = 24 [= LCM (8, 12)] For 3rd hour =   
10 15 20 60

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Units of work done by Kishan in a day  3  19 1 13 
8  Work left = 1    
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Units of work done by Kanhaiya in a day  2
12 23 17
 1 
In 2 days, units of work done = 3 + 2 = 5 40 40
In 8 days, units of work done = 20
In 9 days units of work done = 23 17
On the 10th day, work to be done = 24 – 23 = 1 units 40
It can be completed in another = 1.96 hours.
 On the 10th day as Kanhaiya is working, time  13 
 
60
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required = day .
2  Total time = 3 + 1.96 = 4.96 hours  5 hours.

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 Total time = 9 days
2 th
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In one day, Anju can build =   of structure.
18. 2 Let total tank capacity = 60 units (LCM (12, 15, 6))  30 
In 1 min, P and Q will fill 5 units and 4 units respectively
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and R will empty 10 units.  29 
Lets find the number of days it takes to do   of
 In first 5 minutes, number of units filled = 5 × (5 + 4)  30 
= 45 units work.
Now as R is also opened, Net filling in 1 min
= 5 + 4 – 6 = – 1 units, i.e. 1 unit will be emptied in 1 th
1 min. In one day, Bhumi can break of structure.
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 Tank will be emptied in 45 min.
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 So, Anju and Bhumi do   of the work
19. 3 Let total work be 60 units. 1st tap fills 3units per minute, 30 40 120
2nd tap fills 4 units per minute and waste pipe empties in 2 days.
5 units per minute. So, when opened together all three

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24. 7 Work done by Aryan in one day =
th   30   10
 29 
So, they do   of the work in  2
 30   1  1
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  120   Work done by Piyush in one day =
  20
= 232 days. Let the days worked by Piyush be ‘n’.
th 3  1 1  1
 1 Then n   1
 Anju will do the last   of work in 1 day to give 10  10 20  10
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233 days. 6  2n  n  2
 1
20

23. 17 Pipe A can fill

1 th
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of tank in one hour..

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 3n = 12
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Pipe B can empty of tank in one hour..
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25. 32 According to the question,
1 1 1 30(15 m + 5 w) = 60(5 m + 15 w)
So, in 2 hour, work done =    15 m + 5 w = 10 m + 30 w

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 5 m = 25 w
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In 16 hour, work done =  
12 3 w 1
 Total work = 30(15 × 5 + 5 × 1) = 2400

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In 17th hour, work done =  1
3 3  Number of days taken by fifteen men working
together without any woman to finish the job
 Full tank will be empty completely in 17 days.
2400
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