Time and Work Questions and Answers Part-7

1. 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:
a) 15 Days
b) 20 Days
c) 25 Days
d) 30 Days

Answer: c
Explanation:
$$\eqalign{ & \left( {{\text{A + B}}} \right){\text{'s}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day's}}\,{\text{work}} = \frac{1}{{10}} \cr & {\text{C's}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day's}}\,{\text{work}} = \frac{1}{{50}} \cr & \left( {{\text{A + B + C}}} \right){\text{'s}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day's}}\,{\text{work}} \cr & = {\frac{1}{{10}} + \frac{1}{{50}}} = \frac{6}{{50}} = \frac{3}{{25}}........\left( {\text{i}} \right) \cr & {\text{A's}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day's}}\,{\text{work}} \cr & = \left( {{\text{B + C}}} \right){\text{'s}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day's}}\,{\text{work}}\,........\left( {{\text{ii}}} \right) \cr & {\text{From}}\,\left( {\text{i}} \right)\,{\text{and}}\,\left( {{\text{ii}}} \right){\text{,we}}\,{\text{get}}:2 \times \left( {{\text{A's}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day's}}\,{\text{work}}} \right) \cr & = \frac{3}{{25}} \cr & {\text{A's}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day's}}\,{\text{work}} = \frac{3}{{50}} \cr & {\text{B's}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day's}}\,{\text{work}}\left( {\frac{1}{{10}} - \frac{3}{{50}}} \right) \cr & = \frac{2}{{50}} = \frac{1}{{25}} \cr & {\text{B}}\,\,{\text{alone}}\,{\text{could}}\,{\text{do}}\,{\text{the}}\,{\text{work}}\,{\text{in}}\,{\text{25}}\,{\text{days}} \cr} $$

2. 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?
a) 23 days
b) 37 days
c) $$37\frac{1}{2}$$ days
d) 40 days

Answer: c
Explanation:
$$\eqalign{ & {\text{Whole}}\,{\text{work}}\,{\text{is}}\,{\text{done}}\,{\text{by}}\,{\text{A}}\,{\text{in}} \cr & = {20 \times \frac{5}{4}} = 25\,{\text{days}} \cr & {\text{Now}},\,\left( {1 - \frac{4}{5}} \right) \cr & \frac{1}{5}\,{\text{work}}\,{\text{is}}\,{\text{done}}\,{\text{by}}\,{\text{A}}\,{\text{and}}\,{\text{B}}\,{\text{in}}\,{\text{3}}\,{\text{days}} \cr & {\text{Whole}}\,{\text{work}}\,{\text{will}}\,{\text{be}}\,{\text{done}}\,{\text{by}}\,{\text{A}}\,{\text{and}}\,{\text{B}}\,{\text{in}} \cr & = \left( {3 \times 5} \right) = 15\,{\text{days}} \cr & {\text{A's}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day's}}\,{\text{work}} = \frac{1}{{25}}, \cr & \left( {{\text{A + B}}} \right)\,{\text{'s}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day's}}\,{\text{work}} = \frac{1}{{15}} \cr & {\text{B's}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day's}}\,{\text{work}} \cr & = {\frac{1}{{15}} - \frac{1}{{25}}} = \frac{4}{{150}} = \frac{2}{{75}} \cr & {\text{B}}\,\,{\text{alone}}\,{\text{would}}\,{\text{do}}\,{\text{the}}\,{\text{work}}\,{\text{in}} \cr & \frac{{75}}{2} = 37\frac{1}{2}\,{\text{days}} \cr} $$

3. A machine P can print one lakh books in 8 hours, machine Q can print the same number of books in 10 hours while machine R can print them in 12 hours. All the machines are started at 9 A.M. while machine P is closed at 11 A.M. and the remaining two machines complete work. Approximately at what time will the work (to print one lakh books) be finished ?
a) 11:30 A.M.
b) 12 Noon
c) 12:30 P.M.
d) 1:00 P.M.

Answer: d
Explanation:
$$\eqalign{ & \left( {{\text{P + Q + R}}} \right){\text{'s}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{hour's}}\,{\text{work}} \cr & = {\frac{1}{8} + \frac{1}{{10}} + \frac{1}{{12}}} = \frac{{37}}{{120}} \cr & {\text{Work}}\,{\text{done}}\,{\text{by}}\,{\text{P,}}\,{\text{Q}}\,{\text{and}}\,{\text{R}}\,{\text{in}}\,{\text{2}}\,{\text{hours}} \cr & = {\frac{{37}}{{120}} \times 2} = \frac{{37}}{{60}} \cr & {\text{Remaining}}\,{\text{work}} = {1 - \frac{{37}}{{60}}} = \frac{{23}}{{60}} \cr & \left( {{\text{Q + R}}} \right){\text{'s}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{hour's}}\,{\text{work}} \cr & = {\frac{1}{{10}} + \frac{1}{{12}}} = \frac{{11}}{{60}} \cr & \frac{{11}}{{60}}\,{\text{work}}\,{\text{is}}\,{\text{done}}\,{\text{by}}\,{\text{Q}}\,\,{\text{and}}\,{\text{R}}\,{\text{in}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{hour}} \cr & \frac{{23}}{{60}}\,{\text{work}}\,{\text{will}}\,{\text{be}}\,{\text{done}}\,{\text{by}}\,{\text{Q}}\,{\text{and}}\,{\text{R}}\,{\text{in}} \cr & = {\frac{{60}}{{11}} \times \frac{{23}}{{60}}} = \frac{{23}}{{11}}\,{\text{hours}} \approx 2\,{\text{hours}} \cr & {\text{The}}\,{\text{work}}\,{\text{will}}\,{\text{be}}\,{\text{finished}}\,{\text{approximately}} \cr & {\text{2}}\,{\text{hours}}\,{\text{after}}\,{\text{11}}\,{\text{A}}{\text{.M}}{\text{.,}}\,{\text{i}}{\text{.e}}{\text{.,}}\,{\text{around}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{P}}{\text{.M}}{\text{.}} \cr} $$

4. A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the same work in 15 days. B worked for 10 days and left the job. In how many days, A alone can finish the remaining work?
a) 5
b) $$5\frac{1}{2}$$
c) 6
d) 8

Answer: c
Explanation:
$$\eqalign{ & {\text{B's}}\,{\text{10}}\,{\text{day's}}\,{\text{work}} \cr & = {\frac{1}{{15}} \times 10} = \frac{2}{3} \cr & {\text{Remaining}}\,{\text{work}} \cr & = {1 - \frac{2}{3}} = \frac{1}{3} \cr & \frac{1}{{18}}{\text{work}}\,{\text{is}}\,{\text{done}}\,{\text{by}}\,{\text{A}}\,{\text{in}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day}} \cr & \frac{1}{3}\,{\text{work}}\,{\text{is}}\,{\text{done}}\,{\text{by}}\,{\text{A}}\,{\text{in}} \cr & {18 \times \frac{1}{3}} = 6\,{\text{days}} \cr} $$

5. 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?
a) 35
b) 40
c) 45
d) 50

Answer: b
Explanation Let 1 man's 1 day's work = x and 1 woman's 1 day's work = y
Then, 4x + 6y = $$\frac{1}{8}$$ and 3x + 7y = $$\frac{1}{{10}}$$
On solving the two equations,
$$x = \frac{{11}}{{400}},\,\,\,y = \frac{1}{{400}}$$
1 woman's 1 day's work = $$\frac{1}{{400}}$$
10 women's 1 day's work = $$ {\frac{1}{{400}} \times 10} $$   = $$\frac{1}{{40}}$$
10 women will complete the work in 40 days

6. A and B can do a piece of work in 30 days, while B and C can do the same work in 24 days and C and A in 20 days. They all work together for 10 days when B and C leave. How many days more will A take to finish the work?
a) 18 days
b) 24 days
c) 30 days
d) 36 days

Answer: a
Explanation:
$$\eqalign{ & {\text{2(A + B + C)'s}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day's}}\,{\text{work}} \cr & = {\frac{1}{{30}} + \frac{1}{{24}} + \frac{1}{{20}}} \cr & = \frac{{15}}{{120}} = \frac{1}{8} \cr & \left( {{\text{A + B + C}}} \right){\text{'s}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day's}}\,{\text{work}} \cr & = \frac{1}{{2 \times 8}} = \frac{1}{{16}} \cr & {\text{Work}}\,{\text{done}}\,{\text{by}}\,{\text{A,}}\,{\text{B,}}\,{\text{C}}\,{\text{in}}\,{\text{10}}\,{\text{days}} \cr & = \frac{{10}}{{16}} = \frac{5}{8} \cr & {\text{Remaining}}\,{\text{work}} \cr & = {1 - \frac{5}{8}} = \frac{3}{8} \cr & {\text{A's}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day's}}\,{\text{work}} \cr & = {\frac{1}{{16}} - \frac{1}{{24}}} = \frac{1}{{48}} \cr & \frac{1}{{48}}\,{\text{work}}\,{\text{isdone}}\,{\text{by}}\,{\text{A}}\,{\text{in}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day}} \cr & \frac{3}{8}\,{\text{work}}\,{\text{will}}\,{\text{be}}\,{\text{done}}\,{\text{by}}\,{\text{A}}\,{\text{in}} \cr & {48 \times \frac{3}{8}} = 18\,{\text{days}} \cr} $$

7. A works twice as fast as B. If B can complete a work in 12 days independently, the number of days in which A and B can together finish the work in :
a) 4 days
b) 6 days
c) 8 days
d) 18 days

Answer: a
Explanation:
$$\eqalign{ & {\text{Ration}}\,{\text{of}}\,{\text{rates}}\,{\text{of}}\,{\text{working}}\,{\text{of}}\,{\text{A}}\,{\text{and}}\,{\text{B}} \cr & = 2:1 \cr & {\text{So,}}\,{\text{ratio}}\,{\text{of}}\,{\text{times}}\,{\text{taken}} = 1:2 \cr & {\text{B's}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day's}}\,{\text{work}} = \frac{1}{{12}} \cr & {\text{A's}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day's}}\,{\text{work}} \cr & = \frac{1}{3};\,({\text{2 times}}\,{\text{of}}\,{\text{B's}}\,{\text{work}}) \cr & \left( {{\text{A + B}}} \right){\text{'s}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day's}}\,{\text{work}} \cr & = {\frac{1}{6} + \frac{1}{{12}}} = \frac{3}{{12}} = \frac{1}{4} \cr & {\text{A}}\,{\text{and}}\,{\text{B}}\,{\text{together}}\,{\text{can}}\,{\text{finish}}\,{\text{the}},{\text{work}}\,{\text{in}}\,{\text{4}}\,{\text{days}}{\text{.}}\, \cr} $$

8. Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days. Sixteen men can complete the same work in fifteen days. What is the ratio between the capacity of a man and a woman?
a) 3 : 4
b) 4 : 3
c) 5 : 3
d) Data inadequate

Answer: b
Explanation:
$$\eqalign{ & \left( {20 \times 16} \right){\text{women}}\,{\text{can}}\,{\text{complete}}\,{\text{the}}\,{\text{work}}\,{\text{in}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day}} \cr & {\text{1}}\,{\text{woman's}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day's}}\,{\text{work}} = \frac{1}{{320}} \cr & \left( {16 \times 15} \right)\,{\text{men}}\,{\text{can}}\,{\text{complete}}\,{\text{the}}\,{\text{work}}\,{\text{in}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day}} \cr & {\text{1}}\,{\text{man's}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day's}}\,{\text{work}} = \frac{1}{{240}} \cr & {\text{So,}}\,{\text{required}}\,{\text{ratio}} \cr & = \frac{1}{{240}}:\frac{1}{{320}} \cr & = \frac{1}{3}:\frac{1}{4} \cr & = 4:3\,\left( {{\text{cross}}\,{\text{multiplied}}} \right) \cr} $$

9. 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 :
a) 4 days
b) 6 Days
c) 8 Days
d) 12 Days

Answer: c
Explanation:
$$\eqalign{ & \left( {{\text{A + B + C}}} \right){\text{'s}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day's}}\,{\text{work}} = \frac{1}{6} \cr & \left( {{\text{A + B}}} \right){\text{'s}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day's}}\,{\text{work}} = \frac{1}{8} \cr & \left( {{\text{B + C}}} \right){\text{'s}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day's}}\,{\text{work}} = \frac{1}{{12}} \cr & \left( {{\text{A + C}}} \right){\text{'s}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day's}}\,{\text{work}} \cr & = \left( {2 \times \frac{1}{6}} \right) - \left( {\frac{1}{8} + \frac{1}{{12}}} \right) \cr & = {\frac{1}{3} - \frac{5}{{24}}} \cr & = \frac{3}{{24}} \cr & = \frac{1}{8} \cr }$$
A and C together will do the work in 8 days

10. A can finish a work in 24 days, B in 9 days and C in 12 days. B and C start the work but are forced to leave after 3 days. The remaining work was done by A in:
a) 5 days
b) 6 days
c) 10 days
d) $$10\frac{1}{2}$$  days

Answer: c
Explanation:
$$\eqalign{ & \left( {{\text{B + C}}} \right){\text{'s}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day's}}\,{\text{work}} \cr & = {\frac{1}{9} + \frac{1}{{12}}} = \frac{7}{{36}} \cr & {\text{Work}}\,{\text{done}}\,{\text{by}}\,{\text{B}}\,{\text{and}}\,{\text{C}}\,{\text{in}}\,{\text{3}}\,{\text{days}} \cr & = {\frac{7}{{36}} \times 3} = \frac{7}{{12}} \cr & {\text{Remaining}}\,{\text{work}} \cr & = {1 - \frac{7}{{12}}} = \frac{5}{{12}} \cr & \frac{1}{{24}}\,{\text{work}}\,{\text{is}}\,{\text{done}}\,{\text{by}}\,{\text{A}}\,{\text{in}}\,{\text{1}}\,{\text{day}} \cr & \frac{5}{{12}}\,{\text{work}}\,{\text{is}}\,{\text{done}}\,{\text{by}}\,{\text{A}}\,{\text{in}} \cr & {24 \times \frac{5}{{12}}} = 10\,{\text{days}} \cr} $$