Mixed Proportion
Solution
1. Answer: (E) On 5th day no men will be remaining and all
Let the original number of men was m. the remaining work will be completed by
∴ 60m = 96(m – 18) womens
m = 48 Remaining work = 2880 units.
2280
2. Answer: (D) Required time = 16 × 5 = 28 1⁄2 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠.
Let the number of men = p
6. Answer: (C)
Then p men do the work in 80 days.
Let the efficiency of one men be M unit/day
Now (p – 15) men do the work in (80 + 16)
One woman be W unit/day and that of one
= 96 days
child be C unit/day
Thus, p × 80 = (p – 15) × 96
ATQ,
80p = 96p – 1440
12 × 10 × M = 15 × 12 × W = 20 × 15 × C
16p = 1440
⇒ 2M = 3W = 5C
p = 90 men
Total work = 12 × 10 × M = 120M units.
Hence initially there were 90 men.
In 5 days, work done by men
3. Answer: (C)
= (12 × 5 × M) = 60 M units.
1 day work of 16 boys = 1/20 part
Remaining work = 60M units
1 day work of 1 boy = 1/(16 × 20) = 1/320 60𝑀
part Required number of men = 5 = 12𝑀
Similarly, 1 day work of 1 man = 1/(9 × 20) 9W = 6M
= 1/180 Remaining man required = 12M − 6M
1 day work of 8 boys = 8/320 = 1/40 2M = 5C = 6M = 15C
1 day work of 10 men = 10/180 = 1/18 7. Answer: (B)
Therefore, 10 men and 8 boys together will (10𝑚 + 15𝑤)8 = (12𝑚 + 8𝑤)10
take = 1/40 + 1/18 80𝑚 + 120𝑤 = 120𝑚 + 80𝑤
= > 12 12/29 days 40𝑚 = 40𝑤
4. Answer: (B) And, m = w 2b
Let t = days taken by second group 2𝑚 + 4𝑤 + 18𝑏 → 2𝑚 + 4𝑚 + 9𝑚 →
2 × 30 × 4 × 10 = 45 × 8 × t 15𝑚
2
T = 6 3 days. 15𝑚 × 𝑥 = 25𝑚 × 8
40
5. Answer: (D) 𝑥 = 3
Let the efficiency of 1 man be M unit/day 8. Answer: (D)
and that of 1 woman be W unit/day 20 men can complete the work in 12 days.
ATQ, So, 1 man can complete the same work in
40 × 12 × M = 12 × 48 × W. 240 days.
𝑀 6
⇒𝑊 = 5 Efficiency of 5 woman = Efficiency of 3
Let total work = 40 × 12 × 6 = 2880 units. man
In 4 days, work done by men = (40 × 6 + 30 5W = 3M
× 6 + 20 × 6 + 10 × 6) = 600 units. Ratio of efficiency:
𝑀 5
𝑊
= 3
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Let, a man does 5 units and a woman does 3 (8𝑚 + 10𝑤) × 15 = (10𝑚 + 18𝑤) ×
units of work per day & total units of work 10
are 1200 units. 𝑚 3
=
8 days’ work of 4 men and 10 women 𝑤 2
Total work = (8 × 3 + 10 × 2) × 15
= 8 × (4 × 5 + 10 × 3) = 400 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠
= 660 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠
Remaining work = 1200 − 400 = 800 units
Work done in 10 days = (4 × 3 +
Quantity I:
Let the additional number of women 5 × 2) × 10
required be x. = 220 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠
There are 4 men and 10 + x women now. Let the number of more woman required be
Per day work of 4 men and 10 + x women x
= 4 × 5 + (10 + 𝑥) × 3 Then 2 × (5 + 𝑥) × 11 = 440
= 50 + 3𝑥 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑥 = 15
No. of day required to complete the 11. Answer: (B)
remaining work Ratio of efficiency = 5 × 5/6 : 6
800 = 25 : 36
= Let a man can finish the work in 25x days
50 + 3𝑥
800
= 10 A woman can finish the work in 36x days
50 + 3𝑥
9 10 13
𝑥 = 10 + =
10 additional women are required to 36𝑥 25𝑥 40
Time taken by 1 woman = 72 days
complete the remaining work in 10 days.
Quantity II: No. of woman required to complete the
72
Let the additional number of men required Work in 4.5 days = = 16
4.5
be y. 12. Answer: (E)
There are 4 + y men and 10 women now. Let x men do the work in (a – 6) days
Per day work of 4 + y men and 10 women And y women do the work in a days
= (4 + 𝑦) × 5 + 10 × 3 = 50 + So,
5𝑦 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 x(a – 6) = y (a)
No. of day required to complete the From (i)
800 Let x = 5p
remaining work = 50 + 5𝑦
800 And y = 6p
50 + 5𝑦
≤8 5p (a – 6) = 6p(a)
𝑦 ≥ 10 a = – 30 not possible
At least 10 additional men are required to From (ii),
complete the remaining work in either 8 or 10p(a – 6) = 3p(a)
less than 8 days. 7a = 60
60
Quantity II ≥ Quantity I 𝑎 = 7 it is possible
9. Answer: (A) From (iii)
Solider = 56 × 1 × 24 days 8p (a – 6) = 5p(a)
56 × 24
Required time = 42 = 32 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 8a – 48 = 5a
10. Answer: (B) 3a = 48
Let the efficiency of a man be m units/day a = 16 possible
and efficiency of a woman be w units/day 13. Answer: (D)
ATQ Let p men can do the task in (d – 2) days
And q boys can do the task in d days
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Ratio of efficiency of man to boy = 3 : 1 Hence; 12 men and 16 boys = 12 + 8 = 20
3𝑝(𝑑 − 2) = 1 × 𝑞 × 𝑑 men
Now value of d should be positive to So total man hours to build the house = 20 X
satisfy the question. 8 X 40 = 6400 man hours.
From (i) The second house is twice as large so it will
Let, p = a require 12800 man hours.
q = 2a Let the number of boys required = 2n; hence
3a(𝑑 − 2) = 2𝑎 (𝑑) total number of men = 21 + n
d = 6, it is possible (21 + n) X 9 X 50 = 12800
From (ii) = > 21 + n = 28.44 ≈ 28.5
Let, p = 2x = > n = 7.5
q = 5x Hence total number of boys = 2n = 15
3 × 2𝑥(𝑑 − 2) = 5𝑥 (𝑑) 16. Answer: (C)
6𝑑 − 12 = 5𝑑 Let the work doing capacity of one man be
d = 12, it is possible M.
From (iii) Number of persons × work doing capacity of
Let, p = 2b one person × number of days = amount of
q = 3b work done
3 × 2𝑏(𝑑 − 2) = 3𝑏(𝑑) = > 20 × M × 12 = 4/5
6d − 12 = 3d = > M = (4/5)/ 20 × 12
d = 4, it is possible = > M = 1/ 300
From (iv) Let the number of persons added = x
Let, p = 16e Work remaining = 1 – 4/5 = 1/5
q = 35e = > (20 + x) × M × 1.5 = 1/5
3 × 16𝑒(𝑑 − 2) = 35𝑒(𝑑) = > (20 + x) × (1/300) × 1.5 = 1/5
48𝑑 − 96 = 35𝑑 = > (20 + x) × (1/300) × 1.5 = 1/5
13d = 96 = > (20 + x) × (1/300) × 1.5 = 1/5
96 = > X = 20 more persons.
𝑑 = 13, it is possible
17. Answer: (B)
14. Answer: (A) Let 1 worker completes the work in 'n' days
Quantity I: Then,
1 men = 2 women Work done by 10 workers in 1 day = 10/n
∴ 8 men + 4 women = 20 women April = 30 days
4 men + 8 women = 16 women 2/3rd month = 20 days
2 1
20 women’s 2 days’ works = 6 = 3 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 = > 20 × 10/n = (100 – 175/3)/100
1 2 = > n = 20000 × 3/125
Remaining work = 1 − 3 = 3
= > n = 480
∵ 20 women complete 1 work in 6 days So, 1 worker alone can complete the work in
2
∴ 16 women will do work in 480 days.
3
20 × 6 2 If 'y' more workers are employed for 10 days
× = 5 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 as the work is to be completed in 30 days,
16 3
Quantity II: 5 days then,
⇒ Quantity I = Quantity II = > (10 + y) × 10/480 = 175/300
15. Answer: (D) = > y = 18
2 boys = 1 man
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So, 18 more workers are employed, and = 5 × (3/n + 4 × 0.75/n) = 30/n
wage of 1 worker is Rs.625. Remaining forest = 1 – 30/n
So, wage given to extra workers employed In next 12 days, forest cleared
= 18 × 625 × 10 = Rs.112500 = 12 × (5/n + 5 × 0.75/n) = 105/n
18. Answer: (E) Remaining forest left to be cleared
Let number of men in first group is 'x + 1' = 1 – 30/n – 105/n = 1/10
and number of men in second group is 'x'. 9/10 = 135/n
Number of women in first group = 12 – (x + 1/n = 1/150
1) = (11 – x) So, n = 150 days
Number of women in second group = (10 – a woman alone does work in = n/0.75
x) = 200 days
Let 1 man does 'M' unit and 1 women does And, Let the number of trees in forest
'W' unit of work in 1 day. = M trees
Total work = 26 × (2M + 6W) = 13 × [(x + M/10 = 50
1) × M + (11 – x) × W] = 16 × [x × M + (10 M = 500 trees
– x) × W] So,
Now, 26 × (2M + 6W) = 13 × [(x + 1) × M Work done by 3 men and 2 women in a day
+ (11 – x) × W] = 3/150 + 2/200 = 3/100
52M + 156W = 13xM + 13M + 143W – Trees cut = 3 × 500/100 = 15 trees in a day.
13xW 20. Answer: (E)
39M + 13W = 13x(M – W) Remaining time = 104-13 = 91 days
3M + W = x(M – W) ....... (1) Present number of militants = 900
also, Let the number of coming militants be x.
26 × (2M + 6W) = 16 × [x × M + (10 – x) × Then total militants = 900 + x
W] If x militants would not come, 900 militants
52M + 156W = 16xM + 160W – 16xW would eat the remaining ration at a rate of
52M – 4W = 16x(M – W) ........ (2) 750 gram per militant in 91 days
From (1) and (2) – Let 900 + x militants eat the remaining
= > 52M – 4W = 16 × (3M + W) ration at the rate of 1170 grams per militant
= > 52M – 4W = 48M + 16W in 35 days.
= > 4M = 20W Therefore,(900 × 750 × 91)
= > M: W = 5: 1 = (900 + x) × 1170 × 35
19. Answer: (A) 900 + x = 1500
Let a man alone clears the forest in 'n' days X = 600
a man alone clears a forest = 1/n, in one day Hence, the number of militants who joined
Then a woman in 1 day alone clears = 0.75/n later are 600.
In 5 days, part of forest cleared
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