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Time and Work question types

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Time and Work questions

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A can do a piece of work in 12 days and $B$ alone can do it in 16 days. They worked together on it for 3 days and then A left. How long did B take to finish the remaining work?
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A and B can do a piece of work in 30 days; B and C in 24 days; C and A in 40 days. How long will it take them to do the work together?
In what time can each finish it, working alone?
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A can mow a field in 9 days; B can mow it in 12 days while C can mow it in 8 days. They all together mowed the field and received ₹ 1610 for it. How will the money be shared by them?
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Two pipes A and B can separately fill a cistern in 20 minutes and 30 minutes respectively, while a third pipe C can empty the full cistern in 15 minutes. If all the pipes are opened together, in what time the empty cistern is filled?
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One tap can fill a cistern in 3 hours and the waste pipe can empty the full tank in 5 hours. In what time will the empty cistern be full, if the tap and the waste pipe are kept open together?
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Q 11[4 marks sum]4 Marks
Three labourers A, B and C can individually build or break a wall in 30 days, 60 days and 20 days respectively.
1. In how many days can A and B together build the wall ?
(a) 15 days$\quad$(b) 20 days$\quad$(c) 45 days$\quad$(d) 90 days

2. In how many days will the wall be built, if A builds it and B breaks it simultaneously?
(a) 45 days$\quad$(b) 60 days$\quad$(c) 75 days$\quad$(d) 90 days

3. In how many days will the wall be built, if all the three labourers $A , B$ and C are employed to build it?
(a) 10 days$\quad$(b) 12 days$\quad$(c) 15 days$\quad$(d) 20 days

4. How many days will it take to build the wall, if A and B work together to build it while C breaks it simultaneously?
(a) 75 days$\quad$(b) 90 days
(c) 120 days$\quad$(d) The wall will never be built
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Q 12MCQ1 Mark
Pipe $A$ can fill a tank in 45 hours and pipe $B$ can empty it in 36 hours. If both the pipes are opened in the empty tank, in how many hours will it be full?
  • A
    9
  • 20
  • C
    $40 \frac{1}{2}$
  • D
    81

Answer: B.

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Q 13MCQ1 Mark
A can do a piece of work in 80 days. He works at it for 10 days and then $B$ alone finishes the work in 42 days. The number of days taken by the two together to finish the work, is
  • A
    24
  • B
    25
  • 30
  • D
    35

Answer: C.

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Q 14MCQ1 Mark
A works twice as fast as B. If B can complete a piece of work independently in 12 days, then the number of days taken by $A$ and $B$ together to finish the work is
  • 4
  • B
    6
  • C
    8
  • D
    18

Answer: A.

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Q 15MCQ1 Mark
A can do a piece of work in 20 days and $B$ can do it in 12 days. $B$ worked at it for 9 days. In how many days $A$ alone can finish the remaining work?
  • A
    3
  • 5
  • C
    7
  • D
    11

Answer: B.

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Q 16MCQ1 Mark
A can finish a work in 12 days and $B$ can do it in 15 days. After A had worked for 3 days, $B$ also joined A to finish the remaining work. In how many days the remaining work will be finished?
  • A
    $4 \frac{1}{2}$
  • 5
  • C
    $5 \frac{1}{2}$
  • D
    6

Answer: B.

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