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Time & Work (IBPS Clerk Mains)
1. A can do a work in 15 days, while B can do same in 18 days. In how many days can C do the work
work in 24 days. They start the work together. Few alone ?
day later C Join them thus all of them Complete the (a) 40 days (b) 24 days
work in 8 days. All of them were paid for this 6000 (c) 120 days (d) 60 days
Rs. What is the share of C. (e) 150 days
(a) 700 (b) 600 Sol.:- (b)
(c) 800 (d) 900
(e) 500 1 1
A+B= ,B+C=
Sol.:- (c) 30 20
5A + 15B + 18C = 1 work
A 15 8
120  5(A + B) + 10(B + C) + 8C = 1
B 24 5
 1   1 
Total work - 120  5    10    8C  1
 30   20 

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(A + B) 8 days work = [8 + 5] × 8 = 104

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Remaining work (120 - 104) = 16 done by c 1
C=
6000 paid for 120 work 24

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So, C will completed work in 24 days.
6000

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Paid for 1 work = = 50 Rs. 4. A & B working together can complete a piece of
120 work in 72 days, B & C working together can

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C's share = 50 × 16 = 800 Rs. complete the same work in 90 days and A & C
2. Working together A and B will complete a job in 15/ working together can complete the same work in 75

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2 days. If A work alone and complete half the job days. If A, B & C starts working together, then find
and then B taken over and complete the remaining in how many days will the same work be completed?

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half of the job, they will complete the task in 20 days. 7 4
How long will A alone take to do the job if B in more (a) 55 (b) 52
23 23
efficient than A?
(a) 25 (b) 30 2 11
(c) 20 (d) 35 (c) 59 (d) 49
23 23
(e) 40
Sol.:- (b) 17
(e) 50
A B 23
2(20-x) 2x Sol.:- (b)
2(a(20-x)) = 2(B+x) Days Efficiency Total
A+B 72 25 un
A x its/da y

B 20  x 90 20 units/day
B+C 1800
d ay
24 units/
2(x)  (20  x) 15 75

20 2 A+C

x=5 Let efficiency of A, B & C be 'x', 'y' & 'z' units/day

ATQ,
2(5)(15)
 30 x + y = 25 ...... (i)
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3. A and B together can do a piece of work in 30 days,
y + z = 20 ...... (ii)
B and C together can do it in 20 days. A starts the x + y = 24 ...... (iii)
work and works on it for 5 days, then B takes it up On solving (i), (ii) and (iii), we get:
and works for 15 days. Finally C finishes the work

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69 Arun and Veer  15 days.
x+y+z= Veer and Abhi  12 days.
2
Now, (Arun + Veer) 8 days + (Veer + Abhi) 4 days + A
8 4
1800 1800  2    2 Abhi  1
15 12
Required days = 
 692  69
 32  20 
2 Abhi  1   
1200  60 
= days
23 8
2 Abhi 
4 60
= 52 days
23 1
5. Sameer complete 2/5 th of a task in 16 days and Abhi's one day work =
15
Veer complete 3/5 th of same task in 36 days, both
starts work together and after X days both left the 1 1
 Veer one day work  
task and Ayush complete remaining task in (X + 4) 12 15
day, if efficiency of Ayush is equal to sum of
54
efficiency of Sameer and Veer. Find in how many =

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days Ayush can complete the remaining task alone? 60

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(a) 14 days (b) 12 days 1
=
(c) 10 days (d) 15 days 60

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(e) 9 days  Veer alone will complete in 60 days.
7. Two person of equal ability starts making a wall.

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Sol.:- (a)
First person works for x hours for x day and second
16  5 person works for y hours for y days and they

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Sameer = = 40 days complete the wall. If first person works alone for
2

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it’s respective hours per day then it takes 33 1 3 day
36  5
Veer = = 60 days to complete the wall and if second person works
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alone for it’s respective hours then it takes 25 days
Efficiency to complete the wall. Find (y-x)?
Veer –– 60 days 2 w/d (a) 3 (b) 4
Work
120 (c) 2 (d) 5
Sameer –– 40 days 3 w/d
(e) 1
Ayush efficiency = 2 + 3 = 5 w/d Sol.:- (b)
ATQ
10
(2 + 3)x + 5 (x + 4) = 120 Let total work 25 × y = × x ... ... ... . (1)
3
5x + 5x = 100
ATQ
x = 10
Ayush work for = (10 + 4) = 14 days 100
25  y  x
6. Arun and Veer together can complete a work in 15 3
days. Veer and Abhi together complete the same y 4
work in 12 days. If Arun started to work and worked  
for first 8 days alone and nex 12 days Veer worked
x 3
alone and the remaining work is completed by Abhi  Let y = 4a and x = 3a
in 6 days. Then in how many days Veer alone will
100
compete the whole work ?  x2 + y2 = 25 × y or x
(a) 70 days (b) 40 days 3
(c) 60 days (d) 64 days  9a2 + 16a2 = 25 × 4a
(e) 55 days a = 4
Sol.:- (c) So, y - x = 4a - 3a

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y - x = a
y - x = 4 Day Total work efficiency
8. A and B can complete a work in 20 days, B started A 72 8 unit/day
to do work alone and completed 2/3 of work alone 576
and remaining work is completed by A alone, they B 64 9 unit/day
completed the work in 39 days. In how many days
576 36 612
B alone can complete the whole work? C takes = (8  9)  17  7 = 36 days
(a) 32 (b) 45
(c) 36 (d) 40 576
(e) None of the Above Efficiency of C = = 16 units/days
367
Sol.:- (c) When First day (A and B) and second day (B and
A and B do (1/20)th of the work in a day. C) work alternatively
Let A take a days and B take b days to do the same Two day work = (A and B) one day work and (B
work, each working alone. and C) one day work
Or (1/a) + (1/b) = (a + b) / ab = 1/20 or = (8 + 9) + (9 + 16) = 17 + 25
20a + 20b = ab or = 42 units
20b = a(b-20), or 26
In 26 day =  42 = 546 units

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a = 20b/(b-20). 2

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Next, B, alone, did 2/3rd of the work in 2b/3 days. (A and B) on 27th day = 17 units
The remaining 1/3rd of the work was done by A After 27 days remaining work

a
alone in 39 - (2b/3) or (117- 2b)/3 days. In other
words, A does the whole work, alone in (117-2b) = (576 - 546 - 17) = 13 units

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days. 13
Thus, 20b/(b-20) = (117-2b), or 13 units work done by (B and C) on 28th day =

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25
20b = (117-2b)(b-20) = 117b - 2b^2-2340 + 40b, or
 13  13

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2b^2 + 20b - 117b - 40b + 2340 = 0, or Total time =  27    27 days
 25  25
2b^2 - 137b + 2340 0, or

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b1 = [137+(137^2 - 4*2*2340)^0.5]/4 10. Four persons started to do a work together. 'A' works
only in starting two days after that B, C and D works
= [137 + 7]4
alternately starting from B. Ratio of time taken by
= 144/4 = 36 days. A, B, C and D if they work alone is 4 : 3 : 2 : 5. If
the work is completed in 12 days then in how many
9. A and B can do a piece of work in 72 days and 64 days A and C can complete the work if they work
together?
2
days respectively. C can do the same work in 2 (a) 6 days (b) 12 days
17 (c) 10 days (d) 8 days
more days as A & B take together to complete. If (e) 4 days
first day A & B work together and second day B &
Sol.:- (d)
C work together alternatively, then in how many
days work will be completed? A, B, C and D worked for 2 days together after
that A leave and B, C and D worked alternatively
13 13
(a) 22 days (b) 27 days for 10 days starting from B
25 25
 B worked for 4 days, C for 3 days, and D for 3
13 13 days.
(c) 32 days (d) 25 days
25 25
Total days A worked = 2
13 Total days B worked = 4 + 2 = 6
(e) 29 days
25 Total days C worked = 3 + 2 = 5
Sol.:- (b)
Total days C worked = 3 + 2 = 5
Let, their alone time to complete the work is 4x,
3x, 2x and 5x respectively.

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2 6 5 5 12. A cistern can be filled completely by Pipe A and B
    1 together ill 12 hours. If pipe A works with twice
4x 3x 2x 5x speed while pipe B work with 50% more speed than
30  120  150  60 cistern can be filled completely in 7 hours. Find the
=> 1 capacity of cistern if flow of water through pipe A
60x
is 2.5l/minute.
360 (a) 2800 liter (b) 3150 liter
=> x  6
60 (c) 3300 liter (d) 3650 liter
'A' can complete the work in 4 × 6 = 24 days (e) 4200 liter
'C' can complete the work in 2 × 6 = 12 days Sol.:- (e)
Let, pipe A and pipe B alone can fill the tank in x
12  24 12  24
Required time =  = 8 days and y hours respectively.
12  24 36
11. (X+4) men can complete a work in 2X days while
ATQ,
(X+12) women can complete same work in (X+ 8) 1
days. If ratio of efficiency of men to women is 5 : 4 x
 1y  121 ....... (i)
then find in how many days 12 men and 15 women
together can complete the same work?
(a) 32 days (b) 16 days
and, 2
x
 1.5
y
 1
7
....... (ii)
(c) 48 days (d) 64 days

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On solving (i) and (ii)
(e) 80 days

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x = 28 hour  y = 21 hour
Sol.:- (b)
Capacity of cistern = 28 × 60 × 2.5

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(x+4) men can complete work in 2x days
= 4200 liter
=> 1 man can complete same work in 2x (x+4)

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13. Ratio between efficiency of Arun, Yash and Rana
days
is 6 : 4 : 5. All three starts to work together with

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(x+12) women can complete work in (x+8) days same efficiency. But Rana, destroys his 60% of work
=> 1 women can complete same work in (x+8) in every evening. due to which they have to work

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(x+12) days 20 more days then estimated time Find the
estimated days by them to complete the work.
Now ratio of efficiency of men to women is 5 : 4

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(a) 80 (b) 76
=> Ratio of days taken by men to women is 4 : 5 (c) 84 (d) 72
4 2x(x  4) (e) 90
So, 5  (x  8)(x  12) Sol.:- (a)
Ratio of efficiency of Arun, Yash and Rana is 6:4:5
=> 2(x2 + 20x + 96) = 5x (x + 4)
Total work done by them in 1 day
=> 2x2 + 40x + 192 = 5x2 + 20x
= (6+4+5) units = (15) units.
=> 3x2 - 20x - 192 = 0
Let they estimate x days to complete the work.
=> 3x2 - 36x + 16x - 192 = 0
Then total work = 15x
=> 3x (x- 12) + 16(x - 12) = 0
But Rana's 1-day work is only 40%,
=> (3x + 16) (x - 12 = 0
40
i.e. 100 ×5 = 2 Unit
=> x = 12,  16
3
The work done by them in actual
16 24
12 men can complete work in 12 = (6 + 4 + 2) (x + 20) = 12(x + 20)
15x = 12x + 240
= 32 days
3x = 240
24 20 x = 80
15 women can complete work in 15
Hence, estimated days are 80.
= 32 days
14. 40 men together complete a work in 12 days while
3232 12 women together complete that work in 48 days.
Required time = 32  32 = 16 days
All men started working together and on every next

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day 10 men left the work and after four days, 16 95
2
women joined to do the remaining work then find B
 60
the time taken by 16 women to do the remaining
work? 2
 604
B
1
(a) 25 days (b) 22 days B = 30 days
2
16. A group of 30 men, working 4 hours a day can do a
1 piece of work in 10 days. Find the number Of days
(c) 30 days (d) 28 days
2 in which another group of 45 men working 8 hrs a
day can do twice the work. Assume that 2 men of
1
(e) 32 days the first group do as much work in 2 hours as 4 men
2 of the second group do in 1 hr.
Sol.:- (d)
1 2
Let the efficiency of 1 man be M unit/day and that (a) 6 days (b) 6 days
3 3
of 1 woman be W unit/day
5 1
ATQ, (c) 5 days (d) 3 days
6 6
40 × 12 × M = 12 × 48 ×W. (e) None of these
M 6 Sol.:- (b)
 W 

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5 Let t = days taken by second group

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Let total work = 40 × 12 × 6 = 2880 units. 2 × 30 × 4 × 10 = 45 × 8 × t
In 4 days, work done by men = (40 × 6 + 30 × 6 +

a
20×6 + 10× 6) = 600 units. 2
t = 6 days
On 5th day no men will be remaining and all the 3

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remaining work will be completed by womens 17. 8 men and 6 women can complete a piece of work
in 21 days. How many days will it take for 12 men

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Remaining work = 2280 units.
and 9 women to complete the same work?
2280 A. 6 men can complete the work in 42 days.
Required time = 165 = 28 1 2 days

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B. 7 women can complete the work in 63 days.
15. A, B and C together can complete a work in 8 days C. The amount of work done by a woman is

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and A alone can complete the same work in 24 days. foursevenths of the work done by a man in one
If A and B started the work and after 2 days C also day.
joined them, then remaining work was completed (a) Any two of them (b) Any of them
4 (c) Only C (d) Either A or B only
by A, B and C together 6 in days. Find in how (e) No need of any information
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many days B alone can complete the whole work? Sol.:- (e)
(a) 28 days (b) 36 days 1
(c) 24 days (d) 32 days 8M + 6W =
21
(e) 30 days
Sol.:- (e) 1
1.5 (8M + 6W = 1.5 ×
Let the time take by A, B and C alone be A days, B 21
days and C days respectively.
1
12M + 9W =
ATQ, 2  A1  B1   345   A1  B1  C1   1 14
Work will be completed in 14 days. No information
is required.
2  241  B1   345  81  1 18. A Cistern has an inlet pipe and outlet pipe. The inlet
pipe fills the cistern completely in 1 hour 20 minutes
1 2 3 when the outlet pipe is plugged. The outlet pipe
12
 B
 20 empties the tank completely in 6 hours when the
inlet pipe is plugged. If there is a leakage also which
2
B
 203  121 is capable of draining out the water from the tank at
half of the rate of the outlet pipe, then what is the

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time taken to fill the empty tank when both the pipes 21. A cistern has two pipes. One pipe can fill it with
are opened? water in 8 hours and the other can empty it in 5
(a) 3 hours (b) 2 hours hours. In how many hours will the cistern be emptied
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(c) 5 hours (d) 4 hours if both the pipes are opened together when  34  of
(e) None of the Above the cistern is already full of water.
Sol.:- (b)
1
Inlet pipe Efficiency = 100/(8/6) = 75% (a) 13 hours (b) 10 hours
3
Outlet pipe Efficiency = 100/(6) = 16.66%
Efficiency of leakage = half of the rate of the outlet 1
(c) 6 hours (d) 3 hours
pipe = 8.33% 3
Net Efficiency = 75 - (16.66 + 8.33) = 50% (e) None of these
Required time = 100/50 = 2 hours Sol.:- (b)
19. Three pipes A, B, and C can fill the tank in 10 hours,
1
20 hours and 40 hours respectively. In the beginning Part of the tank filled by the first pipe in 1 hour =
all of them are opened simultaneously. After 2 hours, 8
tap C is closed and A and B are kept running. After Part of the tank emptied by the second
the 4th hour, tap B is also closed. The remaining
work is done by tap A alone. What is the percentage 1
pipe in 1 hour =

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of the work done by tap A alone? 5

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(a) 30% (b) 35%  Part of the tank emptied when both the pipes
(c) 45% (d) 50

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1 1 3
are opened together = - =
(e) None of the Above 5 8 40

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Sol.:- (b)
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 part of the tank is emptied in 1 hour

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Pipe A’s work in % = 100/10 = 10% 40
Pipe B’s work in % = 100/20 = 5%
3

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Pipe C’s work in % = 100/40 = 2.5%  th of the tank will be emptied in
All of them are opened for 2 hours + after 2 hours, 4

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tap C is closed + After the 4th hour, tap B is also
 40 3 
closed = 100    hours = 10 hours.
 3 4
=> (10 + 5 + 2.5)*2 + (10 + 5)*2 + X = 100
=> 35 + 30 + work by tap A alone = 100 22. 5 men, 11 women and 8 children can complete a
piece of work in 12 days, 7 men and 4 women can
=> work by tap A alone = 100 - 65 = 35% complete the same work in 20 days while 12 women
20. A Special pump can be used for filling as well as for and 10 children can complete the whole work in 15
emptying a Cistern. The capacity of the Cistern is days. Find the time taken by 4 men, 3 women and 1
2400m3. The emptying capacity of the Cistern is child can complete the whole work in:
10m3 per minute higher than its filling capacity and (a) 25 days (b) 35 days
the pump needs 8 minutes lesser to Cistern the tank (c) 30 days (d) 40 days
than it needs to fill it. What is the filling capacity of (e) None of these
the pump?
Sol.:- (c)
(a) 40m3/min (b) 50m3/min
Let total amount of work be 60 units
(c) 60m3/min (d) 30m3/min
(LCM of 20, 12 and 15)
(e) None of the Above
Let efficiency of each man, woman and each child
Sol.:- (b)
is 'M' units per day. 'W' units per day and 'C' units
Filling Capacity of the Pump = x m/min per day
Emptying Capacity of the pump = (x+10) m/min
So, 5M + 11W + 8C = 60/12 = 5 ....... (1)
2400/x - 2400/x+10 = 8
And, 7M + 4W = 60/20 = 3 ................(2)
(x- 50) + (x + 60) = 0
And, 12W + 10C = 60/15 = 4 Or,
x = 50
6W + 5C = 2 ..................................... (3)

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Solving equation (1), (2) and (3), we get
Also B is 11 19 % more efficient means
So, M = 5/17, W = 4/17 and C = 2/17
Efficiency of 4 men, 3 women and 1 child B= 10
of C
9
= 4 × (5/17) + 3× (4/17) + 1× (2/17) = 2 units per
day 10 9a
B= 9
 10 Units/day
Desired time taken = 60/2 = 30 days = a Units / day
Hence, option c. A which while working with half efficiency total
23. 5 inlet pipes (same capacity) can fill a tank in same half time.
time in which 3 outlet pipes (same capacity) can
A : B = 4 : 1 [efficiency ratio]
empty it. If 2 inlet and one outlet pipe is opened for
Efficiency of A = 4a
first minutes and 5 inlet and 2 outlet pipe open for
2nd minute and process continues till tank is Work done by then together is 4a + a
completely filled in 30 minutes. Find the time in = 5a/day
which 2 outlet pipe can empty the completely filled Time take to complete 50a Units
tank.
50a
(a) 9 minute (b) 12 minutes = 5a
= 10 days
(c) 6 minutes (d) 10 minutes
25. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 15 hours and
(e) 15 minutes
10 hours respectively. A tap can empty the full

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Sol.:- (a) cistern in 30 hours. All the three taps were open for

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Let efficiency of one inlet pipe = 3x 2 hours, when it was remembered that the emptying
Efficiency of 5 inlet pipes = 5 × 3x = 15x tap had been left open. It was then closed. How

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many hours more would it take for the cistern to be
15x filled ?

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Efficiency of 1 outlet pipe = 3
 5x
(a) 4hr 30 min. (b) 4hr 12 min-
ATQ, (c) 4 hr24 min. (d) 4hr 35 min.

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15(2×3x+1×(-5x))+15(5×3x+2×(-5x)= Tank capacity (e) 4hr 54 min.
Tank capacity = 90x Sol.:- (c)

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90x
Required time = = 9 minutes

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10 x A 15
24. A person C can complete 21% of work in 10 days
+2
while working with 233 1 4 % of his efficiency. B
+3 30
B 10
1
is 11 % more efficient than C. A, while working
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with his half efficiency can complete the work in -1
half time as compared to time taken by B. Find the C 30
time taken by A & B together to complete the 50%
of whole work In 2 hours, part of the tank filled
(a) 15 days (b) 10 days = 2(4) = 8 units
(c) 20 days (d) 25 days
(e) 22 days  30  8 
Now required time =
Sol.:- (b) 5
Let the efficiency of C [is C units/days] total work
22
is 100a Units ATQ. = 5
= 4 hours 24 mins.
7
3
c  10  21a
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 233 13 %  37 
90
C= 10
Units/day

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