Time & Work, Pipes & Cistern So,

B’s per day work = 4 – 3 = 1 unit/day

1. (c)
Let the total work is 24 [LCM of (8, 12)] 30
Time taken by B alone to complete the half work =
1
24
Ram (R) and Ghanshyam (G) will do = = 3 units/day = 30 days.
8
24 5. (d)
Ram (R) will do = = 2 units/day
12 1
A can do of the work in 3 days
So, G = (R + G) – R = 3 – 2 = 1 3
24 So, A completes the whole work in 9 days
So Ghanshyam alone can complete the job in i.e.
1 B can do of the work in 9 days
24 days. So, B completes the whole work in 18 days.
Let the total work unit be 18 units (LCM of 9 and 18)
2. (a)
18
Let total work is 18 units [LCM of (3, 6, 18)] A’s per day work = = 2 units/dayy
9
18
P, Q & R will do = = 6 units/dayy 18
3 B’s per day work = = 1 unit/dayy
18
18 So,
P will do = = 3 units/day
6 (A + B)’s per day work = 2 + 1 = 3 units/day
18 Together they take time to complete half of the work
Q will do = = 1 unit/day
18 9
=
R = 6 – (3 + 1) = 2 units/day 3
18 = 3 days.
R can finish the work alone in i.e. 9 days.
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6. (c)
Let total work be 60 units [LCM of (12, 20, 15)]
3. (d)
Let the total unit of work be 36 units (LCM of 18 60
A and B will do = = 5 units/day
and 36) 12
36 60
A’s per day work = = 2 units/dayy B and C will do = = 3 units/day
18 20
36 60
B’s per day work = = 1 unit/dayy C + A will do = = 4 units/day
36 15
(A + B)’s per day work = 2 + 1 = 3 units/day  2(A + B + C) = 12 units/day
Total work will be completed in 9 days A + B + C = 6 units/day
= 9 × 3 = 27 units.
60
A, B & C together can do the job in = 10 days.
 36  27  6
\Percentage of work is left =    100 = 25%
 36 
7. (c)
4. (b) A B
Let the total unit of work be 60 units (LCM of 15 and Ratio of Efficiency 3 1
20) Ratio of Days 1 3
60
(A + B)’s per day work = = 4 units/dayy Let A & B can finish the work in x and 3x days
15
respectively.
60 3x – x = 30
A’s per day work = = 3 units/dayy
20 2x = 30

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 x = 15
60
So A & B can do the work in 15 & 45 days respectively. B’s per day work = = 4 units/dayy
Let the total work is 45 units [LCM of (15, 45)] 15
(A + B)’s per day work = 5 + 4 = 9 units/day.
45
A will do = = 3 units/day Let the number of day A alone worked be x days.
15 According to the question,
45 9 × 5 + 5 × x = 60
B will do = = 1 unit/day
45 5x = 15
x = 3 days.
45
A & B together can finish the work in i.e. 11.25
4 11. (a)
days. Let total work = 24 units (LCM if 8 & 12)
24
8. (a) Per day work of A & B  3
Let total work is 18 units [LCM of (3, 6, 18)] 8

18 24
M, W & B will do = = 6 units/day Per day work of B  2
3 12
So, Per day work of A = 3 – 2 = 1
18 In the first four days B will do 4 × 2 i.e. 8 units
M will do = = 3 units/day
6 Remaining units = 24 – 8 = 16
18 16
B will do = = 1 unit/day Now A will finish the remaining 16 units in  i.e.
18 1
W = 6 – (3 + 1) = 2 16 days

18 12. (d)
Women can finish the work alone in i.e. 9 days.
2 Let the total unit of work be 30 units (LCM of 15
& 10)
9. (d)
Ratio of time taken by A, B & C = 2 : 1 : 3 30
A’s per day work = = 2 units/dayy
Let the time taken by 2x, x & 3x 15
Let Total work = 6x (LCM of 2x, x & 3x)
30
6x B’s per day work = = 3 units/dayy
Work done by A per day   3 units 10
2x Money is distributed in the ratio of per day work
6x A:B=2:3
Work done by B per day   6 units
x 2
Share of A =  30000  12000
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Work done by C per day  6x  2 units
3x
Now together they can complete the work in 12 days 13. (b)
Let the total work is 24 units [LCM of (8, 12, 4)]
6x
So  12 24
36 2 A will do = = 3 units/day
x = 22 8
Time taken by A alone = 2x 24
= 2 × 22 B will do = = 2 units/day
12
= 44 days
24
A, B and C will do = = 6 units/day
10.(a) 4
Let the total unit of work be 60 units (LCM of 12 & 15)
 C = 6 – (3 + 2) = 1
60 So, Ratio of efficiency = 3 : 2 : 1
A’s per day work = = 5 units/dayy
12 1
C’s share of money =  4500 = 750
50
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 120
14.(a) A will fill = = 4 units/min.
30
A B C
120
Number of Days 6 4 9 B will fill = = 3 units/min.
Daily Wages 5 6 4 40
6 5 4 6 9 4  C = 12 – (4 + 3) = 5 units/min
Final Ratio
(30) (24) (36) 120
So, Tap C alone can fill the tank in = 24 minutess
5
So the total money of Rs. 1800 will be divided among
A, B & C in the ratio of 5 : 4 : 6 [30 : 24 : 36] 20.(d)
Let total capacity = x gallons
5
Amount received by A =  1800 = 600 15
15 A will fill x
20
15.(c) 15
B will fill x
Men Toys Days Hrs/day 24
10 16 6 3 C will remove = 15 × 6 = 90
12 40 x 8
15 15
x  x  90  x
20 24
3 40 10
x  6   x = 240 gallons
8 16 12
75 11 21.(c)
 4 Let Capacity of the tank is N litres
16 16
After 30 minutes the tank contains N litres

16.(a) N
After 25 minutes the tank contains litres
6M = 10W 2
Now,
N
12M & 10W After 20 minutes the tank contains litres
= 12M + 10W 4
= 2 × 10W + 10W 1
th

= 30W So, the tank is full after 20 minutes

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10W can do a work in 24 days
24 22.(c)
So, 30W will do the same work in i.e. 8 days If diameter becomes double so the radius also
3
becomes double.
Now, if the radius becomes double
17.(b) then the area becomes four times
Let the remaining food will last for x more days
So, 4000  190 = 4000  30 + 3200  x 1  1
So, the required time =
4
 40 = 10 minutes T 
x = 200  A

18.(b) TYPE - 1:
Let 15 Men leave the work after A days. 1.1(c)
So, 25  20 = (25 × A) + (10 × 40) Let the total work is 360 [LCM of (72, 120, 90)]
x=4
360
A and B will do = = 5 units/day
19.(b) 72
Let total capacity be is 120 units [LCM of (10, 30, 40)]
360
120 B and C will do = = 3 units/day
A, B and C will fill = = 12 units/min. 120
10
360
C and A will do = 4 units/day
90

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  2(A + B + C) = 12 units/day the total work.
A + B + C = 6 units/day 2
Also A = (A + B + C) – (B + C) = 6 – 3 = 3 Remaining work is done by P is 20 days
3
360 So, P alone will finish the whole work in
So, A alone would complete the work in = 120 days
3 3
 20 i.e. 30 days
2
1.2(a)
Let the total work is 24 [LCM of (8, 12, 16)] 2.3(a)
24 Let total work = 180 units (LCM of 60 & 90)
A and B will do = = 3 units/day
8 180
Per day work of A   3 units
24 60
B and C will do = = 2 units/day
12 180
Per day work of B   2 units
90
24
A, B and C will do = = 4 units/day Let the work lasts for x days.
6 Now, A has worked for x days
 A + 2B + C = 5 and B has worked for (x – 15) days
and A + B + C = 4 So, 3x + 2(x – 15) = 180
So, B = 1 and A + C = 3 5x = 210
x = 42
24
So, A & C together can complete the work in i.e. 8
3
days TYPE - 3:
3.1(d)
TYPE - 2: Let total work is 36 [LCM (12, 18)]
2.1(b)
36
2 A will do i.e. 3 units/day
In the first two days they must have done of the 12
3
work 36
B will do i.e. 2 units/day
18
2 1
Remaining work  1  
3 3 A B A B A B
3 2 3 2 3 2
1
Now A can finish work in 2 days
3 5 units of work is completed in 2 days.
So, A will do the whole work alone in 3 × 2 i.e. 6 days
35
A&B  3 So, 35 units of work will be completed in 2 × = 14
5
A 6
Let total work = 6 units days.
1
Units done by A & B per day  6  2 The remaining 1 unit of work will be done by A in rd
3 3
of the day
Units done by A per day  6  1 1
6 So total days = 14
3
Units done by B per day = 2 – 1 = 1
Time taken by B to finish the whole work alone
3.2(c)
6 Let total work = 72 units (LCM of (18, 27 & 36))
  6 days
1
72
Per day work of A   4 units
2.2(a) 18

10 1 72
In the first 10 days, they must have done i.e. of Per day work of B   3 units
30 3 24

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 TYPE - 5:
72
Per day work of C   2 units 5.1(d)
36
8 48
C B A C B A 10 men can do the work in 12 × = days.
2 3 4 2 3 4 --------
10 5
9 units 9 units 4 women can do the work in 48 days.
10 children can do the work in 24 days.
9 units has been done in 3 days Let the total work = 48 units
So, 72 units will be done in 3  8 = 24 days
48
10 men’s 1 day work = = 5 unitss
TYPE - 4: 48
4.1(b) 5
Ratio of days = 12 : 16 : 24 or 3 : 4 : 6
48
1 1 1 4 women’s 1 day work = = 1 unit
Ratio of efficiency/wages  : : 48
3 4 6
Ratio of wages = 4 : 3 : 2 48
10 children 1 day work = = 2 units
24
3
Share of B   2700  900 48
9 Together they can finish the work in =6
5+1+2
4.2(a) days.
Let the wages be M, W & B
3M = 4W 5.2(d)
M 4 10W  8 days

W 3 8 × 10 40
6W  = days
& 2W = 3B 6 3
W 3 10C  12

B 2 12 × 10
3C  = 40 days
So M : W :B = 4 : 3 : 2 3
Now 3M + 2W + 4B = 26
3 × 4x + 2 × 3x + 4 × 2x = 26   40 
Let total work = 40 units LCM  , 40  
26x = 26   3 
x=1
So, wages of 4 men, 3 women and 2 boys = 4 × 4x + 3 × 40
1 day work of 6W = = 3 units
3x + 2 × 2x = 29 x = 29 × 1 = 29 40
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4.3(b)
Let each man get Rs. m per day 40
1 day work of 3C = = 1 unit
Let each women get Rs. w per day 40
So,
40
(4 × 5)m + (6 × 5)w = 1600 ..... (1) Together they can finish the work in i.e. 10 days.
4
(3 × 6)m + (7 × 6)w = 1740 ..... (2)
 5.3(c)
20m + 30w = 1600 ..... (3) 1M = 2W = 3B
18m + 42w = 1740 ..... (4) So, 1M + 1W + 1B =
Solving (3) and (4)
m = 50, w = 20 1 1
1M  M  M
Let the no. of day be ‘d’ 2 3
So, (7 × 50)d + (6 × 20)d = 3760 6  3  2 11
 350d + 120d = 3760   M
6 6
 470d = 3760 1M can complete a job in 88 days
3760 11 6
 d 8 So M will do the same job in 88   48 days
470 6 11

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TYPE - 6: 7.2(c)
6.1(d) Let capacity = 40 units
40
Men Hr/Day Days Inlet pipe work/min = =5
8
9 7 15
6 9 x 40
Outlet pipe work/min = =8
5
7 9 Half fill means 20 units is there
x = 15 × × = 17.5 days Net work/min = 8 – 5 = 3
9 6
20 2
6.2(a) Required time = = 6 or 6 hrs 40 minutes.
3 3
Men Hr./day Volume Days
16 18 3456 (36 × 4 × 24) 20 7.3(d)
x 12 6912 (64 × 6 × 18) 16 Let tank Capacity = 60 units
60
18 6912 20 A’s work done/min = =4
x  16    15
12 3456 16
= 60 60
B’s work done/min = =3
20
6.3(b) Work done in 4 mins = 7  4 = 28 unitss
Remaining = 60 – 28 = 32 units
Men Work Days
20
1
20 32 2
3 B will do remaining work in = 10 mins i.e. 10
2 3 3
X 3 25
min 40 seconds
Total time = 14 min 40 sec.
2
3 20 7.4(b)
x = 20 × × = 32 Let Capacity = 12 units
1 25
3 12
Per hour Capacity of A  4
Extra person required = 32 – 20 = 12 3

6.4(d) 12
Per hour Capacity of B  3
Let the number of days for which they are able to 4
carry = D 12
So, 1000 × 30 Per hour Capacity of C   12
= 1000 × 10 + 2000 × D 1
D = 10 days. Till 5 PM
Tank filled = 4 × 2 + 3 × 1
TYPE - 7: = 11
7.1(d) Work done from 5 to 6 = 4 + 3 – 12 = –5
Let Capacity = 60 units Work done form 6 to 7 = –5
60 1
First Inlet pipe units/min = =3 Remaining 1 unit will be emptied in hrs.
20 5
60 So exact time is 7:12 PM
Second Inlet pipe units/min = =1
60
Units done in 1 min = 3 + 1 = 4
In First 10 minutes, units completed = 4  10 = 40
Remaining units = 60 – 40 = 20
20
Second pipe will fill remaining in = = 20 mins
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