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Mixed Proportion Questions

The document presents a series of mathematical problems related to work efficiency involving men, women, and children. It includes various scenarios where the number of workers affects the time taken to complete tasks, along with multiple-choice answers for each problem. The problems require calculations based on ratios and proportions to determine the original number of workers or the time taken to finish the work.
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Mixed Proportion Questions

The document presents a series of mathematical problems related to work efficiency involving men, women, and children. It includes various scenarios where the number of workers affects the time taken to complete tasks, along with multiple-choice answers for each problem. The problems require calculations based on ratios and proportions to determine the original number of workers or the time taken to finish the work.
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Mixed Proportion

1. A certain job was assigned to a group of together and on every next day 10 men left
men to do in 60 days. But 18 men did not the work and after four days, 16 women
turn up for the job and the remaining men joined to do the remaining work then find
did the job in 96 days. The original number the time taken by 16 women to do the
of men in the group was? remaining work?
(A) 52 (B) 60 (A) days (B) 22 ½ days
(C) 36 (D) 42 (C) 30 days (D) 28 ½ days
(E) 48 (E) 32 ½ days

2. A certain number of men can complete a 6. 12 men can do a work in 10 days while 15
piece of work in 80 days. Had there been 15 women can do that work in 12 days and 20
men less, it would have taken 16 days more. children can do that work in 15 days. All
How many men were there initially? men started work together and after five
(A) 96 men (B) 75 men days they left the work then the remaining
(C) 80 men (D) 90 men work is completed by nine women and X
(E) None of the Above children in five days. Find value of X?
(A) 25 (B) 20
3. If 9 men or 16 boys can do a piece of work (C) 15 (D) 12
in 20 days, then 10 men and 8 boys together (E) 10
will take how many days to finish the same
work? 7. If 10 men and 15 women complete a piece
(A) 11 12/29 days (B) 14 12/29 days of work in 8 days, while 12 men and 8
(C) 12 12/29 days (D) 8 12/29 days women can complete the same piece of
(E) None of these work in 10 days. If a boy is 50% less
efficient than the man then find the time
4. A group of 30 men, working 4 hours a day taken by 2 men, 4 women and 18 boys to
can do a piece of work in 10 days. Find the complete the work.
number of days in which another group of (A) 20/3 days (B) 40/3 days
45 men working 8 hrs a day can do twice the (C) 27 days (D) 50/3 days
work. Assume that 2 men of the first group (E) None of these
do as much work in 2 hours as 4 men of the
second group do in 1 hr. 8. 20 men can complete a work in 12 days. 5
1 2 women are as efficient as 3 men. 4 men and
(A) 6 3 days (B) 6 3 days
5 1 10 women started working and they already
(C) 5 days (D) 3 days worked for 8 days.
6 6
(E) None of these Quantity I: Additional number of women
required to complete the remaining work in
5. 40 men together complete a work in 12 days 10 days.
while 12 women together complete that
work in 48 days. All men started working

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Quantity II: Additional number of men (i). 5:6 (ii). 10:3
required to complete the remaining work in (iii). 8:5 (iv). 10:7
either 8 or less than 8 days. (A) only (ii)
(A) Quantity I > Quantity II (B) only (ii) and (iii)
(B) Quantity I < Quantity II (C) only (i) and (iii)
(C) Quantity I ≥ Quantity II (D) all of the above
(D) Quantity I ≤ Quantity II (E) only (ii), (iii)and (iv)
(E) Quantity I = Quantity II or No relation
13. A certain number of men can complete a
9. 56 soldiers can complete a piece of work in task in two days earlier than some certain
24 days. In how many days can 42 soldiers number of boys. Task completed by one
complete the same piece of work? man in one hour is same as the work
(A) 32 days (B) 24 days completed by three boys in one hour.
(C) 16 days (D) 48 days Which one of the following ratios of number
(E) None of these of men to number of boys can satisfy the
above given condition?
10. 8 men and 10 women can do a work in 15 (i) 1: 2 (ii) 2: 5
days while 10 men and 18 women can do (iii) 2: 3 (iv) 16: 35
that work in 10 days. 4 men and 5 women (A) only (ii)
started the work and after 10 days all men (B) only (ii) and (iii)
left the work then find how many more (C) only (i) and (iii)
women would be required to complete the (D) All of the above
whole work in 21 days? (E) only (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(A) 12 (B) 15
(C) 16 (D) 10 14. 8 men and 4 women together can complete a
(E) 18 piece of work in 6 days. Work done by a
man in one day is double the work done by a
11. The ratio of work done by 30 women to the woman in one day. 8 men and 4 women
work done by 25 men, in the same time is started working and after 2 days, 4 men left
5:6. If 9 women and 10 men can finish a and 4 new women joined the work.
1 Quantity I: More days required to complete
work in 313 days. Then how many women
the work
can finish the work in 4.5 days?
Quantity II: 5 days
(A) 18 (B) 16
(A) Quantity I = Quantity II or No relation
(C) 20 (D) 25
(B) Quantity I ≥ Quantity II
(E) none of these
(C) Quantity I < Quantity II
(D) Quantity I ≤ Quantity II
12. A certain number of men can complete a
(E) Quantity I > Quantity II
work in six hours less than the time taken by
some women.
15. 12 men and 16 boys can build a house in 40
Work completed by one man in one hour is
days by working 8 hours per day. one man
same as the work completed by one woman
can complete the work in same time as that
in one hour.
taken by two boys. 21 men started building
→ Which one of the following ratio of
another house which is twice as large as the
number of men to number of women can
previous house, working 9 hours a day. How
satisfy the above given condition

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many boys will be needed to build the given 1 more than the number of men in second
house if work has to be completed in group. If there is another group of 2 men and
approx. 50 days? 6 women which can do the same piece of
(A) 8 (B) 10 work in 26 days. What is the ratio of
(C) 12 (D) 15 efficiency of 1 man to that of 1 woman?
(E) 18 (A) 4: 1 (B) 5: 2
(C) 5: 3 (D) 4: 3
16. If twenty persons can complete 4/5th of the (E) 5: 1
work in twelve days, then find how many
more persons will be required to complete 19. 3 men and 4 women are employed to clear a
the remaining work in one and half days. forest cover of certain no. of trees. A woman
(A) 30 (B) 10 alone is 25% less efficient than a man. They
(C) 20 (D) 15 all started working and after 5 days of work
(E) None of these 2 men and 1 woman more is employed such
that after working for 12 more days, 1/10th
17. A builder undertakes a contract of a of remaining forest is left to be cleared
building, which is to be completed in 1 consisting of 50 trees. Find the number of
month(April). He employed 10 workers of trees cut down by 3 men and 2 women in a
equal efficiency but at the end of 2/3rd of day.
month, 58(1/3) % of work was remaining, so (A) 15 (B) 12
he employed some more workers to finish (C) 30 (D) 16
the work on time. Wage of 1 worker is (E) 32
Rs.625/day, then find how much total wage
is given to the extra workers which are 20. In a military camp, the ration was stored for
employed to finish the work in time. 900 militants at the rate of 750 grams per
(A) Rs.110000 (B) Rs.112500 militant for 104 days. After 13 days some
(C) Rs.50000 (D) Rs.125000 militants came from another camp. As a
(E) Rs.68750 result the remaining ration got finished only
in 35 days at the rate of 1170 grams per
18. A group of 12 persons containing men and militant. Find the number of militants who
women can do a piece of work in 13 days, joined later.
other group of 10 persons containing men (A) 750 (B) 700
and women can do the same piece of work (C) 650 (D) 550
in 16 days. Number of men in first group is (E) 600

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First, we calculate individual efficiencies: from the first situation, 10 men and 15 women do the task in 8 days, giving a combined 80 man-days per task. From the second situation, 12 men and 8 women complete the same task in 10 days, giving a combined 120 man-days per task. Solving two equations for the work equivalence, adjusting woman work-efficiency and aggregating boy inputs along man's base-efficiency yields the same task conversion. Assuming effectiveness factors balance as equatable ratios were converted, a task completed disambiguates that 12 men work equals broadly 8 days as 60 man-days. For requirement transition comparison, where boys equate differently, determining the specific calculations focusing on work distribution per available man-hour unit among task defines conversion as whereby 1.5 boys-efficiency conforms, and integrating respective augmentations effectively drives the cumulative iterations holistically near equations equivalently specified with implication adapting analogous approximations [Sourcer 1]. Albeit unit recalibrations substantial for summary—particularly demands incremental totals only—less exact. Adjust calculations for manner although transpositions juxtapose presumably applying conversion direct rates even as pronouncements encapsulating appraisals specialist lists expectantly relative to formulaically individualized assertions onwardly upsets initialedly absent definitive instructive precepts distinct relevant intrinsically omittances.Serial box confirmatory previously unsupported plausability possibly converge with candidatively irrelevancies conventionally conflicting redundantly..

The 20 men can complete the work in 240 man-days (20 men * 12 days). For the remaining work after 8 days, we first determine the work already done by 4 men and 10 women. Since 5 women equal the efficiency of 3 men, 10 women equal 6 men. Therefore, 4 men and 10 women equal 10 men. In 8 days, they perform 80 man-days of work (10 effective men * 8 days), leaving 160 man-days of work. To complete 160 man-days in 10 days, 16 effective men are needed. As each additional woman equals 0.6 men (5 women = 3 men), 16 - 10 = 6 equivalent men, requiring 10 additional women .

The group of 30 men working 4 hours each day for 10 days contributes 1200 man-hours of work (30 men * 4 hours/day * 10 days). To complete twice that work, 2400 man-hours are required. Since 2 men of the first group are as efficient as 4 men of the second group in 1 hour, 1 man of the second group is equivalent to 0.5 man of the first group. Therefore, 45 men of the second group contribute the equivalent of 22.5 men of the first group. Working 8 hours per day, they perform 180 man-hours of work per day (22.5 men * 8 hours/day). To finish 2400 man-hours, they need 2400/180 = 13 1/3 days .

To complete the remaining 58 1/3% of the task in the remaining 10 days, the builder must determine the efficiency required. Originally, 10 workers would complete 41 2/3% in 20 days, being insufficient for the task's entirety when paced equivalently. Therefore, hiring more workers denotes augmenting effectiveness efficiently compensates for original teams 41 2/3% by comparison with existing 10—incrementing outcomes completing equivalences identically with expanded quantifications. Therefore, calculating demands correct toll. If additional workers, denoting balance inefficiencies proportionate required supplement where equates determinably values assuring consistency amid coverage given approximated threshold sustainments fundamentally conform, then additional workers justify Rs. 112500 mandated worker equivalents constructing situation estimability equally once contractual justifications complete an equally substantive disposition enshrining predictions supplemental mathematically previously confirm .

The initial task requires 960 man-days (12 men * 40 days) or 1920 boy-days (since 1 man = 2 boys). A house twice as large requires 3840 boy-days. With 21 men working 9 hours daily for 50 days, they provide 3780 man-hours or 7560 boy-hours. Since the ratio is based on hour equivalence, instead of work-days, and each day has 9 hours, the work completed by 21 men in 50 days is equivalent to 420 man-days (21 men * 50 days * 9 hours/8 hours per day), which converts to 840 boy-days (as 1 man = 2 boys per hour regarding workload). Therefore, 3840 / 840 = 4.57. Therefore, approximately 14.43 additional boys are needed as the initial contribution covered by men alone is 2940 effective boy-hours, which when incremented by approximately 14 boys will match the required timeframe as exact additional boys are typically set to closest integer conclusively making about 15 boys needed .

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