Quiz Discussion

A started a ,work and left after working for 2 days. Then B was called and he finished the work in 9 days. had A left the work after working for 3 days, B would have finished the remaining work in 6 days. In how many days can each of them, working alone, finish the whole work ?

• 1] 2.5 days, 7.5 days
• 2] 5 days, 8.5 days
• 3] 5 days, 15 days
• 4] None of these

A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively. A left the work 5 days before the work was completed and B left 2 days after A had left. Number of days required to complete the whole work was ?

• 1] 5 days
• 2] 6 days
• 3] 8 days
• 4] 7 days

3 men or 5 women can do a work in 12 days. How long will 6 men and 5 women take to finish the work ?

• 1] 20 days
• 2] 10 days
• 3] 4 days
• 4] 15 days

A man can do a piece of work in 30 hours. If he works with his son then the same piece of work is finished in 20 hours. If the son works alone then he do the work in ?

• 1] 60 hours
• 2] 50 hours
• 3] 25 hours
• 4] 10 hours

If A and B together can complete a piece of work in 15 days and B alone in 20 days, in how many days can A alone complete the work?

• 1] 60
• 2] 45
• 3] 40
• 4] 30

A man, a woman and a boy can do a piece of work in 6, 9 and 18 days respectively. How many boys must assist one man and one woman to do the work in 1 day ?

• 1] 5
• 2] 6
• 3] 9
• 4] 13

A is thrice as good as workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 60 days less than B. Working together, they can do it in:

• 1]

  20 days

• 2]

  \(22\frac{1}{2}\) days

• 3]

  25 days

• 4]

  30 days

Three taps A, B and C together can fill an empty cistern in 10 minutes. The tap A alone can fill it in 30 minutes and the tap B alone in 40 minutes. How long will the tap C alone take to fill it?

• 1] 16 minutes
• 2] 24 minutes
• 3] 32 minutes
• 4] 40 minutes

A is thrice as good a workman as B and so takes 60 days less than B for doing a job. The time in which they can do the job together is = ?

• 1]

  \(22\frac{1}{2}{ \text{days}}\)

• 2]

  30 days

• 3]

  45 days

• 4]

  60 days

A and B together can do a piece of work in 30 days. A having worked for 16 days, B finishes the remaining work alone in 44 days. In how many days shall B finish the whole work alone?

• 1]

  30 days

• 2]

  40 days

• 3]

  60 days

• 4]

  70 days