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Time And Work

Introduction:

1) If A can do a piece of work in n days, then A’s 1 day’s work = 1/n


2) If A’s 1 day’s work = 1/n, then A can finish the work in n days.
3) If A is thrice as good a workman as B, then:
a. Ratio of work done by A and B = 3 : 1.
b. Ratio of times taken by A and B to finish a work = 1 : 3.

Examples:

Ex. 1. If Roger can do a piece of work in 8 days and Antony can complete the same work in 5 days, in
how many days will both of them together complete it? (L.I.C., 2008)

Sol. Roger’s 1 day’s work = 1/8; Antony’s 1 day’s work = 1/5


1 1 13
(Roger + Antony)’s 1 day’s work = ( + ) =
8 5 40
1
Both Roger and Antony will complete the work in 40/13 days = 3 13 days

Ex. 2. A can do a piece of work in 7 days of 9 hours each and B can do it in 6 days of 7 hours each.
2
How long will they take to do it, working together 8 5 hours a day?

Sol. A can complete the work in (7 × 9) = 63 hours.

B can complete the work in (6 × 7) = 42 hours.

∴ A’s 1 hour’s work = 1/63 and B’s 1 hour’s work = 1/42


1 1 5
(A + B)’s 1 hour’s work = (63 + 42) = 126
126
∴ Both will finish the work in hrs.
5
2 126 5
Number of days of 8 5 hrs each = ( 5
∗ 42) = 3 days.

Ex.3. A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B in 20 days. They work together but 2 days before the
completion of the work, A leaves. In how many days was the work completed ? (S.S.C., 2008)
1 1 1 9
Sol. B’s 2 days’ work = (20 ∗ 2) = 10 . Remaining work = (1 − 10) = 10
1 1 6 3
(A + B)’s 1 day’s work = (10 + 20) = 40 = 20

Now, 3/20 work is done by A and B in 1 day.


20 9
9/10 work is done by A and B in ( 3 ∗ 10) = 6 days.

Hence, total time taken = (2 + 6) days = 8 days.

Practice Questions:

1. Ayesha can complete a piece of work in 16 days. Amita can complete the same piece of
work in 8 days. If both of them work together in how many days can they complete the same
piece of work?

2. A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the same work in half the time taken by A. Then,
working together, what part of the same work they can finish in a day?

3. Amit and Sumit can plough a field in 4 days. Sumit alone can plough the field in 6 days. In
how many days will Amit alone plough the field?
4. A man and a boy together can do a certain amount of digging in 40 days. Their speeds in
digging are in the ratio of 8 : 5. How many days will the boy take to complete the work if
engaged alone?

5. Rosa can eat 32 rosogollas in one hour. Her sister Lila needs three hours to eat the same
number. How much time will they take to eat 32 rosogollas together?

6. To do a piece of work, B takes 3 times as long as A and C together and C twice as long as A
and B together. If A, B and C together can complete the work in 10 days, how long would A
take alone to complete it?
7. A is 30% more efficient than B. How much time will they, working together, take to complete
a job which A alone could have done in 23 days?

8. A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they work on it together for 4 days, then the
fraction of the work that is left is :

9. X and Y can do a piece of work in 20 days and 12 days respectively. X started the work alone
and then after 4 days Y joined him till completion of the work. How long did the work last?
10. A, B and C can complete a work
separately in 24, 36 and 48 days
respectively. They started
together but C left after 4 days of
start and A left 3 days before the
completion of the work. In how
many days will the work be
completed?

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