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Question : 16 [SSC CGL Tier-I 2016]

Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days. Sixteen men can complete the same work in fifteen days. The ratio between the capacity of a man and a woman is

a) 5 : 3

b) 3 : 4

c) 4 : 3

d) 5 : 7

Answer: (c)

20 women complete 1 work in 16 days.

16 men complete same work in 15 days

16 × 15 men ≡ 20 × 16 women

3 men ≡ 4 women

∴ Required ratio = 4 : 3

Question : 17 [SSC CGL Tier-I 2012]

3 men and 4 boys can complete a piece of work in 12 days. 4 men and 3 boys can do the same work in 10 days. Then 2 men and 3 boys can finish the work in number of days is

a) 8 days

b) 17$1/2$ days

c) 5$5/11$ days

d) 22 days

Answer: (b)

12 (3 men + 4 boys) = 10 (4 men + 3 boys)

36 men + 48 boys = 40 men + 30 boys

4 men = 18 boys or 2 men = 9 boys

4 men + 3 boys

= 21 boys who do the work in 10 days

and, 2 men + 3 boys = 12 boys

$M_1D_1 = M_2D_2$

21 × 10 = 12 × $D_2$

$D_2 = {21 × 10}/12 = 35/2 = 17{1}/2$ days

Using Rule 11,

Here, $A_1 = 3, B_1 = 4, D_1 = 12$

$A_2 = 4, B_2 = 3, D_2$ = 10

$A_3 = 2, B_3$ = 3

Required time = ${D_1D_2(A_1B_2 - A_2B_1)}/{D_1(A_1B_3 - A_3B_1) - D_2(A_2B_3 - A_3 B_2)}$ days

= ${12 × 10(3 × 3 - 4 × 4)}/{12(3 × 3 - 2 × 4) - 10(4 × 3 - 2 × 3)}$

= ${-120 × 7}/{12 - 60} = {-840}/{-48} = 70/4$

= $35/2 = 17{1}/2$ days

Question : 18 [SSC MTS 2017]

3 men and 5 women can do a work in 14 days while 5 men can do it in 14 days. 5 men and 5 women can complete the work in

a) 10 days

b) 13 days

c) 11 days

d) 12 days

Answer: (a)

5 men can do 1 work in 14 days.

3 men will do $3/5$ work in 14 days.

Remaining work = $1 - 3/5 = 2/5$

5 women do $2/5$ work in 14 days.

Time taken by 5 women in doing 1 work

= ${14 × 5}/2 = 35$ days

(5 men + 5 women)’s 1 day’s work

= $1/14 + 1/35 = {5 + 2}/70 = 7/70 = 1/10$

∴Required time = 10 days.

Question : 19 [SSC CPO S.I. 2010]

One man and one woman together can complete a piece of work in 8 days. A man alone can complete the work in 10 days. In how many days can one woman alone complete the work ?

a) 40 days

b) $140/9$ days

c) 30 days

d) 42 days

Answer: (a)

Work done by 1 woman in 1 day

= $1/8 - 1/10 = {5 - 4}/40 = 1/40$

One woman will complete the work in 40 days.

Using Rule 4
If A alone can do a certain work in 'x' days and A and B together can do the same work in 'y' days, then B alone can do the same work in $({xy}/{x - y})$ days.

Here, x = 10 and y = 8

Woman can do work in = $({xy}/{x - y})$ days

= $({10 × 8}/{10 - 8})$ = 40 days

Question : 20 [SSC CGL Prelim 2004]

4 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can complete it in 10 days. In how many days will 10 women complete it ?

a) 40 days

b) 50 days

c) 45 days

d) 35 days

Answer: (a)

Let 1 man’s 1 day’s work = x and

1 woman’s 1 day’s work = y

Then, 4x + 6y = $1/8$ and

$3x + 7y = 1/10$

From both equations,

we get y = $1/400$

10 women’s 1 day’s work = $10/400 = 1/40$

10 women will finish the work in 40 days.

Using Rule 11,

$A_1 = 4, B_1 = 6, D_1$ = 8

$A_2 = 3, B_2 = 7, D_2$ = 10

$A_3 = 0, B_3$ = 10

Required time = ${D_1D_2(A_1B_2 - A_2B_1)}/{D_1(A_1B_3 - A_3B_1) - D_2(A_2B_3 - A_3 B_2)}$

= ${8 × 10(4 × 7 - 3 × 6)}/{8(4 × 10 - 0 × 6) - 10(3 × 10 - 0 × 7)}$

= ${80 × 10}/20$ = 40 days

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