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3207.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?
40
50
54
60
Explanation:

$\left(A + B\right)$s 20 days work =$ \left(\dfrac{1}{30} \times 20\right) $=$ \dfrac{2}{3} $.

Remaining work =$ \left(1 -\dfrac{2}{3} \right) $=$ \dfrac{1}{3} $.

Now,$ \dfrac{1}{3} $work is done by A in 20 days.

Therefore, the whole work will be done by A in $\left(20 \times 3\right)$ = 60 days.

3209.P can complete a work in 12 days working 8 hours a day. Q can complete the same work in 8 days working 10 hours a day. If both P and Q work together, working 8 hours a day, in how many days can they complete the work?
5$ \dfrac{5}{11} $
5$ \dfrac{6}{11} $
6$ \dfrac{5}{11} $
6$ \dfrac{6}{11} $
Explanation:

P can complete the work in $\left(12 \times 8\right)$ hrs. = 96 hrs.

Q can complete the work in $\left(8 \times 10\right)$ hrs. = 80 hrs.

$\therefore$ Ps1 hours work =$ \dfrac{1}{96} $and Qs 1 hours work =$ \dfrac{1}{80} $.

$\left(P + Q\right)$s 1 hours work =$ \left(\dfrac{1}{96} +\dfrac{1}{80} \right) $=$ \dfrac{11}{480} $.

So, both P and Q will finish the work in$ \left(\dfrac{480}{11} \right) $hrs.

$\therefore$ Number of days of 8 hours each =$ \left(\dfrac{480}{11} \times\dfrac{1}{8} \right) $=$ \dfrac{60}{11} $days = 5$ \dfrac{5}{11} $days.

3210.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?
3 : 4
4 : 3
5 : 3
Data inadequate
Explanation:

$\left(20 \times 16\right)$ women can complete the work in 1 day.

$\therefore$ 1 womans 1 days work =$ \dfrac{1}{320} $.

$\left(16 \times 15\right)$ men can complete the work in 1 day.

$\therefore$ 1 mans 1 days work =$ \dfrac{1}{240} $

So, required ratio =$ \dfrac{1}{240} $:$ \dfrac{1}{320} $

=$ \dfrac{1}{3} $:$ \dfrac{1}{4} $

= 4 : 3 [cross multiplied]

3211.A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 24, 6 and 12 days respectively. Working together, they will complete the same work in:
$ \dfrac{1}{24} $day
$ \dfrac{7}{24} $day
3$ \dfrac{3}{7} $days
4 days
Explanation:

$\left(A + B + C\right)$s 1 days work =$ \left(\dfrac{1}{24} +\dfrac{1}{6} +\dfrac{1}{12} \right) $=$ \dfrac{7}{24} $.

So, all the three together will complete the job in$ \left(\dfrac{24}{7} \right) $ days=3$ \dfrac{3}{7} $days.

3213.A and B can complete a work in 15 days and 10 days respectively. They started doing the work together but after 2 days B had to leave and A alone completed the remaining work. The whole work was completed in :
8 days
10 days
12 days
15 days
Explanation:

$\left(A + B\right)$s 1 days work =$ \left(\dfrac{1}{15} +\dfrac{1}{10} \right) $=$ \dfrac{1}{6} $.

Work done by A and B in 2 days =$ \left(\dfrac{1}{6} \times 2\right) $=$ \dfrac{1}{3} $.

Remaining work =$ \left(1 -\dfrac{1}{3} \right) $=$ \dfrac{2}{3} $.

Now,$ \dfrac{1}{15} $work is done by A in 1 day.

$ \dfrac{2}{3} $work will be done by a in 15 $\times \dfrac{2}{3} $ = 10 days.

Hence, the total time taken = $\left(10 + 2\right)$ = 12 days.

3214.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 :
4 days
6 days
8 days
18 days
Explanation:

Ratio of rates of working of A and B = 2 : 1.

So, ratio of times taken = 1 : 2.

Bs 1 days work =$ \dfrac{1}{12} $.

As 1 days work =$ \dfrac{1}{6} $; [2 times of Bs work]

$\left(A + B\right)$s 1 days work =$ \left(\dfrac{1}{6} +\dfrac{1}{12} \right) $=$ \dfrac{3}{12} $=$ \dfrac{1}{4} $.

So, A and B together can finish the work in 4 days.

3215.A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they work on it together for 4 days, then the fraction of the work that is left is :
$ \dfrac{1}{4} $
$ \dfrac{1}{10} $
$ \dfrac{7}{15} $
$ \dfrac{8}{15} $
Explanation:

As 1 days work =$ \dfrac{1}{15} $;

Bs 1 days work =$ \dfrac{1}{20} $;

$\left(A + B\right)$s 1 days work =$ \left(\dfrac{1}{15} +\dfrac{1}{20} \right) $=$ \dfrac{7}{60} $.

$\left(A + B\right)$s 4 days work =$ \left(\dfrac{7}{60} \times 4\right) $=$ \dfrac{7}{15} $.

Therefore, Remaining work =$ \left(1 -\dfrac{7}{15} \right) $=$ \dfrac{8}{15} $.

3218.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:
5 days
6 days
10 days
10$ \dfrac{1}{2} $days
Explanation:

$\left(B + C\right)$s 1 days work =$ \left(\dfrac{1}{9} +\dfrac{1}{12} \right) $=$ \dfrac{7}{36} $.

Work done by B and C in 3 days =$ \left(\dfrac{7}{36} \times 3\right) $=$ \dfrac{7}{12} $.

Remaining work =$ \left(1 -\dfrac{7}{12} \right) $=$ \dfrac{5}{12} $.

Now,$ \dfrac{1}{24} $work is done by A in 1 day.

So,$ \dfrac{5}{12} $work is done by A in 24 $\times \dfrac{5}{12} $= 10 days.

3220.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 :
4 days
6 days
8 days
12 days
Explanation:

$\left(A + B + C\right)$s 1 days work =$ \dfrac{1}{6} $;

$\left(A + B\right)$s 1 days work =$ \dfrac{1}{8} $;

$\left(B + C\right)$s 1 days work =$ \dfrac{1}{12} $.

$\left(A + C\right)$s 1 days work =$ \left(2 \times \dfrac{1}{6} \right) $-$ \left(\dfrac{1}{8} +\dfrac{1}{12} \right) $

=$ \left(\dfrac{1}{3} -\dfrac{5}{24} \right) $

=$\dfrac{3}{24}$

=$\dfrac{1}{8}$.

So, A and C together will do the work in 8 days.

3222.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?
13$ \dfrac{1}{3} $days
15 days
20 days
26 days
Explanation:

Work done by X in 8 days =$ \left(\dfrac{1}{40} \times 8\right) $=$ \dfrac{1}{5} $.

Remaining work =$ \left(1 -\dfrac{1}{5} \right) $=$ \dfrac{4}{5} $.

Now,$ \dfrac{4}{5} $work is done by Y in 16 days.

Whole work will be done by Y in$ \left(16 \times\dfrac{5}{4} \right) $= 20 days.

Xs 1 days work =$ \dfrac{1}{40} $, Ys 1 days work =$ \dfrac{1}{20} $.

$\left(X + Y\right)$s 1 days work =$ \left(\dfrac{1}{40} +\dfrac{1}{20} \right) $=$ \dfrac{3}{40} $.

Hence, X and Y will together complete the work in$ \left(\dfrac{40}{3} \right) $= 13$ \dfrac{1}{3} $days.

3223.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?
8 hours
10 hours
12 hours
24 hours
Explanation:

As 1 hours work =$ \dfrac{1}{4} $;

$\left(B + C\right)$s 1 hours work =$ \dfrac{1}{3} $;

$\left(A + C\right)$s 1 hours work =$ \dfrac{1}{2} $.

$\left(A + B + C\right)$s 1 hours work =$ \left(\dfrac{1}{4} +\dfrac{1}{3} \right) $=$ \dfrac{7}{12} $.

Bs 1 hours work =$ \left(\dfrac{7}{12} -\dfrac{1}{2} \right) $=$ \dfrac{1}{12} $.

B alone will take 12 hours to do the work.

3224.Ravi and Kumar are working on an assignment. Ravi takes 6 hours to type 32 pages on a computer, while Kumar takes 5 hours to type 40 pages. How much time will they take, working together on two different computers to type an assignment of 110 pages?
7 hours 30 minutes
8 hours
8 hours 15 minutes
8 hours 25 minutes
Explanation:

Number of pages typed by Ravi in 1 hour =$ \dfrac{32}{6} $=$ \dfrac{16}{3} $.

Number of pages typed by Kumar in 1 hour =$ \dfrac{40}{5} $= 8.

Number of pages typed by both in 1 hour =$ \left(\dfrac{16}{3} + 8\right) $=$ \dfrac{40}{3} $.

Time taken by both to type 110 pages =$ \left(110 \times\dfrac{3}{40} \right) $hours

= 8$ \dfrac{1}{4} $hours [or] 8 hours 15 minutes.

3225.Sakshi can do a piece of work in 20 days. Tanya is 25% more efficient than Sakshi. The number of days taken by Tanya to do the same piece of work is:
15
16
18
25
Explanation:

Ratio of times taken by Sakshi and Tanya = 125 : 100 = 5 : 4.

Suppose Tanya takes $ x $ days to do the work.

5 : 4 :: 20 : $ x $    $\Rightarrow x $ =$ \left(\dfrac{4 \times 20}{5} \right) $

$\Rightarrow x $ = 16 days.

Hence, Tanya takes 16 days to complete the work.

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