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Tim e and Work
by Sindh oor G randh i - T hursd ay, 9 July 2009 , 01: 59 PM
Whe n we started TG .C om, we were c lear that TG wo uld write about quant and I ab out
bus iness scho ols (India and Abroa d). A nd who would wr ite a bout verba l? No clue . The
adm issio n pro cess, the happe nings at b usine ss sc hools , intervie ws and gro up discuss ions
use d to excite me more than anything e lse in C AT arena. But as I mov ed closer to digging
mor e inf ormation a bout business s chools, I realized that I ndian business schoo ls do not
hav e a v ery transp arent admissions pro cess. As f ar as lear ning goes, I started feeling the
sta gnation. I was not s eeing much growth in that area and I did not want to mo ve to the
GMA T are na when I had y et no t exp lored the India n exa ms to their full potentia l. Ba ck then,
my love for langua ge wa s not at its pe ak but I thought ver bal was where I could be. I do
not know when I de cided to s tep into C AT Ve rbal Forum but I jus t too k the step . As I
sta rted working in the C AT V erbal Forum, I started co nnecting with s tudents on both
per sonal and profe ssional le vel. Today , if I want to count how many thank yous TG and I
hav e rec eived in these two y ears, I think I would fail. From I ndian B Sc hool Maven, I have
bec ome T otalG adha.C om's verb al instruc tor a nd Interna tiona l B S chool Mave n. It has been
a long j ourne y and I ca n only smile when I look back today . TotalGad ha.C o m is slowly bec oming ever ybody 's we bsite . Mor e tha n
any body else, our stude nts a re be coming our stro ngest supp ort. So fa r you have seen stud ent c ontributio ns in the form of C A T articles,
you have seen contributions in our C BT C lub , and you have seen contributions in the for m of blogs . Tod ay we pres ent y ou a
contribution from our G MAT b log.
Sindhoor has contr ibute d an artic le on 'How to p repar e for GMAT Verb al Se ction' bef ore a s well but this time we wanted to g ive him a
big ger e xposure. T G has really gr inded him in so lving load s of questions and he has been continuously working on the a rticle fro m pas t
many day s. Do n't f orget to s ay thank y ou to him.
- Da gny
Problems on T ime and Work are a c ommon feat ure in most of the standard MBA exams. If you are well versed wit h
the basics and hav e practised these problems during y our preparation, they giv e you an easy opport unity to score
and also save time. Here, I will try and give you the basic fundas w ith t he help of examples. Let us st art w ith a very
basic problem:
Problem 1: A takes 5 days to complete a piece of work and B takes 15 days to c omplete a piece of w ork. In how
many day s can A and B c omplete the work if they work toget her?
Sta ndard Solution: Let us consider Work to be 1 unit. So if W = 1 Unit and A t akes 5 day s to complete t he work
then in 1 day A complet es 1/5th of the work. Similarly B completes 1/15t h of the w ork.
If they work toget her, in one day A and B c an complet e (1/5 + 1/15 = 4/15) of the w ork. So to complete 1 unit of
work they will take 15/4 day s.
New method: Let us assume W = 15 units, which is the LCM of 5 and 15.
Giv en that total t ime t aken for A to c omplete 15 unit s of work = 5 days
--> As 1 day work = 15/5 = 3 units
Giv en that total t ime t aken for B to c omplete 15 unit s of work = 15 days
--> Bs 1 day work = 15/15 = 1 unit
-->(A + B)s 1 day work = 3 + 1 = 4 units
-->15 units of work can be done in 15/4 day s.
Many solve Time and Work problems by assuming work as 1 unit (f irst method) but I f eel it is faster to solve the
problems by assuming work to be of multiple unit s (second method). T his w ould be more ev ident when we solve
problems whic h are litt le more complex than the above one.
Problem 2: X can do a w ork in 15 days. After working for 3 days he is joined by Y. If they complet e the remaining
work in 3 more day s, in how many days can Y alone complete the work?
Solution: Assume W = 15 unit s.
(Note: Y ou can assume w ork t o be any number of units but it is better to take the LCM of all the numbers inv olved in
the problem so that you can avoid frac tions)
X c an do 15 units of work in 15 days
-->X can do 1 unit of w ork in 1 day
(Note: If I had assumed work as 13 units for example then Xs 1 day work would be 13/15, whic h is a fraction and
hence I avoided it by t aking work as 15 units which is easily divisible by 15 and 3)
Since X worked for 6 days, t otal work done by X = 6 days 1 unit/day = 6 unit s.
Units of work remaining = 15 6 = 9 units.
All the remaining units of w ork have been c ompleted by Y in 3 days
-->Ys 1 day work = 9/3 = 3 units.
If Y can complete 3 units of work per day t hen it would take 5 days to complet e 15 units of w ork. So Y takes 5 days
to complete t he work.
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Problem 3: A, B and C c an do a piece of work in 15 days. After all t he three w orked for 2 day s, A left. B and C
worked f or 10 more days and B lef t. C worked for anot her 40 day s and completed the work. In how many days can A
alone complet e the work if C can complete it in 75 days?
Solution: Assume t he total w ork t o be 600 units. (LCM of all the numbers)
Then Cs 1 day work = 8 unit s.
-->(A + B + C)s 1 day work = 40 units.
A, B, C work toget her in the first 2 days
-->Work done in the first 2 days = 40 2 = 80 units
C alone works during the last 40 days
-->Work done in the last 40 days = 40 8 = 320 units
Remaining work = 600 (320 + 80) = 200 units
This work is done by B and C in 10 day s.
-->(B + C)s 1 day work = 20 unit s
-->As 1 day work = (A + B + C)s 1 day work (B + C)s 1 day work = 40 units 20 unit s = 20 units
-->A can do t he work of 600 units in 30 day s.
Problem 4: Gerrard can dig a well in 5 hours. He invites Lampard and Rooney who can dig 3/4th as f ast as he can t o
join him. He also invit es Walcott and Fabregas w ho can dig only 1/5t h as fast as he can (Inef ficient gunners you see
) t o join him. If the f ive person team digs the same well and t hey start toget her, how long w ill it take for them to
finish t he job?
Solution: Let the work be 100 units.
Gerrards 1 hour w ork = 100/5 = 20 units
Lampard and Rooney s 1 day w ork = 3/4 20 = 15 units.
Fabregas and Walcotts 1 day work = 1/5 20 = 4 unit s.
In one day all f ive of them can do = 20 + 15 + 15 + 4 + 4 = 58 units of work. Hence they can complete the work in
100/58 days.
I hope y ou got the knac k of it. Let us now see how to solv e the second kind of problems in Time and Work t he
MANDAYS problems.
In these kinds of problems w e need to remember t hat t he number of men multiplied by the number of days that they
take to complete t he work will give the number of mandays required t o complete the work. The number of mandays
required to c omplete a piece of w ork w ill remain constant. We w ill t ry and understand this concept by applying it to
the next three problems.
A Very simple problem t o start with:
Problem 5: If 10 men take 15 days to c omplete a work. In how many days will 25 men complete t he work?
Solution: Giv en that 10 men take 15 days to complete the w ork. So the number of mandays required t o complete the
work = 10 15 mandays. So assume W = 150 manday s.
Now the work has t o be done by 25 men and since W = 150 mandays, the number of days to c omplete the work
would be 150/25 = 6 day s.
Problem 6: A piece of w ork c an be done by 8 boys in 4 days working 6 hours a day. How many boys are needed t o
complete anot her w ork w hich is three t imes the f irst one in 24 days working 8 hours a day?
Solution: Assume t he first piece of work to be 8 4 6 = 192 boy-day-hours.
The second piece of work = 3 (The first piece of work) = 3 192 = 576 boy-day -hours. So W = 576 boy-day-hours.
If this work has t o be completed in 24 days by w orking 8 hours a day the number of boys required w ould be 576/(24
8) = 3 boys.
Problem 7: X can do a piece of work in 20 days w orking 7 hours a day . The work is started by X and on t he second
day one man w hose capac ity t o do the w ork is twice that of X, joined. On the t hird day another man whose capacity
is thric e that of X, joined and t he process cont inues till the work is complet ed. In how many days will the work be
completed, if everyone works for four hours a day?
Solution: Since X takes 20 days w orking 7 hours a day to c omplete the work, the number of day -hours required to
complete this work would be 140 day-hours. Like in the two problems above, this is going to be constant throughout.
So, W = 140 day-hours.
Amount of work done in the 1st day by X = 1day 4 hours = 4 day-hours
2nd day, X does again 4 day- hours of w ork. The second person is twic e as effic ient as X so he will do 8 day- hours of
work. Total w ork done on sec ond day = 8 + 4 = 12 day- hours. Amount of work completed aft er tw o day s = 12 + 4 =
16 day-hours.
3rd day, X does 4 day-hours of work. Second Person does 8 day-hours of work. T hird person who is t hrice as
eff icient as X does 12 day-hours of work. T otal work done on 3rd day = 4 + 8 + 12 = 24 day-hours
Amount of work completed aft er 3 days = 16 + 24 = 40 day-hours
Similarly on 4th day the amount of work done would be 4 + 8 + 12 + 16 = 40 day -hours
Work done on the 5th day = 4 + 8 + 12 + 16 + 20 = 60 day-hours
Tot al work done af ter 5 days = 4 + 12 + 24 + 40 + 60 = 140 day- hours = W.
So it takes 5 days to c omplete the work.
Remember that whenever there is money involved in a proble m, the money ea rned should be share d by
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people doing the work together in the ratio of total work done by ea ch of them. Aga in I will expla in this with
the help of a n exa mple:
Problem 8: X can do a piece of work in 20 days and Y can do the same work in 30 day s. They finished the work with
the help of Z in 8 days. If they earned a t otal of Rs. 5550, then what is the share of Z?
Solution: Let work W = 120 units. (LCM of 20, 30 and 8)
Xs 1 day work = 6 unit s
Ys 1 day work = 4 unit s
(X + Y + Z)s 1 day work = 15 units.
So Zs 1 day work = 15 (6 + 4) = 5 units
In 8 day s Z w ould have completed 5 units/day 8 days = 40 unit s of work
Since Z does 40/120 = 1/3rd of the work, he will receive 1/3rd of the money, w hich is 1/3 x 5550 = Rs. 1850.
Pipes and Cisterns
Problem 9: There are three hoses, A, B and C, at tached to a reservoir. A and B can fill the reserv oir alone in 20 and
30 mins, respectiv ely w hereas C c an empty t he reservoir alone in 45 mins. The three hoses are kept opened alone f or
one minute each in the the order A, B and C. The same order is followed subsequently. In how many minut es will the
reservoir be full?
Solution: These kinds of problems can be solved in the same way as w e solve problems where one or more men are
inv olved. A, B and C are equivalent to three people t rying to c omplete a piece of w ork.
The amount of work to be done would be the capac ity of the reservoir. Let s assume c apacity of the reservoir = W =
180 (LCM of 20, 30, 45) litres.
A c an fill the reservoir in 20 mins In 1 min A can fill 180/20 = 9 L. B can fill 180/60 = 6 L in a minute.
In one minute C can empty 180/45 = 4 L from the reservoir.
1st Minute => A is opened => fills 9 L
2nd Minute => B is opened =>fills anot her 6 L
3rd Minute => C is opened => empt ies 4 L
Hence ev ery 3 minutes => (9 + 6 4 =) 11 litres are filled int o the reservoir.
So in 45 minutes (11 15 =) 165 litres are filled.
In the 46th minute A is opened and it fills 9 litres. In t he 47th minute B is opened and it f ills 6 lit res.
Hence the reservoir will be full in 47 minutes.
Problem 10: T here is an empt y reservoir whose capacit y is 30 litres. There is an inlet pipe w hich fills at 5 L/min and
there is an outlet pipe whic h empties at 4 L/min. Bot h the pipes function alternately for 1 minute. Assuming that the
inlet pipe is the first one to function, how muc h time will it take for t he reservoir to be f illed up t o its capacity?
Solution: The work to be done = Capac ity of reservoir = W = 30 litres
1st Minute => inlet pipe opened => 5l filled
2nd minute => inlet pipe closed; outlet pipe opened => 4l emptied
In 2 minutes (5 litres -4 litres =) 1l is f illed into the reservoir.
It takes 2 minutes to f ill 1l => it takes 50 minutes to fill 25 litres into the tank.
In the 51st minute inlet pipe is opened and the tank is filled.
Problem 11: Sohan can w ork f or three hours non-stop but then needs t o rest for half an hour. His w ife c an work for
two hours but rest s for 15 min af ter t hat, while his son c an work for 1 hour before rest ing f or half an hour. If a work
takes 50 man- hours to get complet ed, t hen approximately how long will it take for t he three t o complete the same?
Assume all of them all equally skilled in t heir work.
(a) 15
(b) 17
(c) 20
(d) 24
Solution: W = 50 man-hours
Since all of them are equally skilled; in 1 hour they can do 3 man-hours of work if no one is rest ing.
It will take them 50/3 = 16.6 hours to complete the w ork if they work continuously.
But , since they take breaks the actual amount of time would > 17 hours.
Opt ion (a) and (b) are ruled out.
Now let us calculate the amount of work done in 20 hours.
Sohan does 3 man-hours in ev ery 3.5 hours (because he takes rest for half an hour on the 4th hour)
In 20 hours (3.5 5 + 2.5) Sohan completes => 3 5 + 2.5 = 17.5 man-hours -- -- (1)
His wife completes 2 man-hours ev ery 2.25 hours (because she rests on the 3rd hour)
In 20 hours (2.25 8 + 2) she complet es => 2 8 + 2 = 18 man- hours. --- - (2)
Child complet es 1 man-hours every 1.5 hour.
In 20 hours (1.5 13 + 0.5) he c ompletes 1 13 + 0.5 = 13.5 man-hours of work. -- ---- (3)
Adding 1, 2 & 3
In approximat ely 20 hours 49 man- hours will be c ompleted; so the work can be c ompleted in 20th hour.
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Re: Time and Work

by R ahul Shin de - Thurs day, 9 Jul y 200 9, 04 :42 P M
Thi s art icle is re ally ve ry he lpf ul fo r pre parin g Tim e and W ork topi c .
Hop e to ge t f e w m o re su ch to pics from the a uthor in f uture .
Sh ow pa rent | Rep ly
Re: Time and Work

by sanje e b pa nda - Thursday, 9 Ju ly 20 09, 0 4:47 PM
Gre at article .Than k s a lot.

If u hav e m ore num be r o f que stion s pls post .
R e g ards
San je e b
Re: Time and Work

by vishn u m ad havan - Th ursda y, 9 July 2009, 05:4 1 PM
Tha nk uuu soo m uch Sindh oor.R e ally nice arti cle
The conce pt o f tak ing work a s m ul itple unit s is sim pl ifyin g pro bs to a grt e x t e nt.T hank u u
Hop e sm e day, we ch otta gadha s too will be p rovid ing q ualit y stu ff li k e di s to our g adha land. Thnk u TG & Dagn y Maa m
R grds
Vis hnu
Re: Time and Work

by shiva m m e h ra - Frida y, 10 July 2009 , 11: 15 AM
nice art icle
tha nk u so m u ch
pro ble m 7 is bit p roble m atic...4 or 7 hours a da y work is carri e d ou t not cle a r
Re: Time and Work

by Sindh oor G randh i - F riday , 10 July 2009, 11:2 8 AM
Tha nk s S hivam
and re ad the last line of proble m 7 .. it s ays e ve ryo ne wo rk s f or 4 hours a da y.
Re: Time and Work

Vis hnu, I am happy you lik e d it . .. ho ping to se e you r art icle som e d ay on TG
Re: Time and Work

San je e b, I am short of g ood q ue sti ons i n thi s top ic to o .. but will t ry an d se e if I can post m ore .. or m ay be yo u can post any that you
e ncounte r during y our p re paration .
Re: Time and Work

by Software Engine e r - Frida y, 10 July 2009 , 12: 54 PM
Gre at Ef fort!
Nice Art icle !
Tha nk s
- SE
Re: Time and Work

by the k ille r - Friday, 10 J uly 2 009, 03:47 PM
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Aws om e a rticl e Sir!!

Tha nk s a ton. .
Hop e to ge t s om e m ore a rticl e s from yo u.
R e g ards,
Kil le r
Re: Time and Work

by Jay S am pat - Friday, 10 J uly 2 009, 04:44 PM
Tha nk s A Lot.
I t hink that the re is a typi ng m i stak e in a nswe r 4. I t wil l be 100/5 8 hou rs.
Re: Time and Work

by Vive k Nara in - Frida y, 10 July 2009 , 07: 04 PM
U rock d ude . The a rticl e is ve ry he lpf ul. P le ase post in s om e m ore p roble m s, e sp. o n pip e s n ciste rns, and t hose lik e the l ast p roble m
whe re a pe rso n tak e s a bre ak whil e work ing. ..
Tha nk s a ton. .
Re: Time and Work

by k at g oe l - Frid ay, 1 0 Jul y 200 9, 10 :03 P M
I a gre e with Jay . Day in proble m 4 sh ould be re place d by hour
Re: Time and Work

by ayush roy - Sat urday , 11 July 2009, 12:3 8 AM
grt arti cle d ude ,f e e lin so confid e nt n w.
jus t re p lace 180/6 0 wid 180/ 30 in prb 9,jus t a p rinti n m is tak e .
TG sir,e x pe ct in so m e ch alle n ging prbs frm u in this topic.
tha nk s
ayu sh
Re: Time and Work

by ak ash gupt a - S aturd ay, 1 1 Jul y 200 9, 01 :28 A M
too good boss ..ve ry he l pful
Ads not by th is si te
Re: Time and Work

by am it k he te rpal - Sat urday , 11 July 2009, 10:1 0 AM
nic e wor k bro ..can u give us article o n tsd ,perc entag es,pr ofit n los s..these a rticle help us lot n save our time. .
sir /mam/ se/sindhoo r
can u make article o n eac h n e very topic ..n p lease post sum quest ions too.. i lov e studying in t his s ite.. i hav e lea rnt m any t hings here
mor e tha n my coaching instit ute.A t the same time iam sad t oday i got back log in my 6thse m eng ineer ing e xams my entire planning is now
sha tered .iam not a ble t o und ersta nd wa t i s hould do..
Re: Time and Work

by Pune e t Agg arwal - Sa turda y, 11 July 2009 , 07: 30 PM
aft e r th is artice I am fe e li ng l ot m o re co nfide nt wi th ti m e an d work .... .than k s a lot
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Re: Time and Work
by Tuhin Bane rje e - Sat urday , 11 July 2009, 10:2 2 PM
Hi Sindh oor,
Gre at Article , tha nk s a lot. Pe rs onall y I l ik e t his chapte r a l ot, could you p le ase put som e good quali ty qu e stio ns he re sp e cifi c to Tim e &
W ork ?
R e g ards,
Tuh in
Re: Time and Work

by Parag Para tk ar - Sat urday , 11 July 2009, 11:3 8 PM
Hi Sindh oor,
T hank s for the a rticl e .... ..... .....
!!!!!
-Pa rag
Re: Time and Work

by joyde e p sa rk ar - Sun day, 12 Ju ly 20 09, 1 0:44 AM
he re is a pro ble m . ..
A group of workers was put on a job. From t he second day onwards, one worker was withdrawn each day. The job was finis hed when
the last work er was wit hdrawn. Had no worker been wit hdrawn at any s tage, the group would have finished the job in two-third of the
time. How many workers were there in t he group?
Re: Time and Work

by harsh hal b ande k ar - Sunda y, 12 July 2009 , 05: 56 PM
Dear Sindhoor
Nic e art icle on time & work
But I did not follow your third solution properly. I suppose whenever we take the lCM of the indiv idual's working days
we do it to c alcualte t he total w orkdone in unit s for ex. in the first problem total workdone is 15unit s.
But in t hird problem you hav e taken the LCM 15,10,40 2,75.Just want to know the logic behind it. Also Please clarify
why you have taken the LCM of above nos when the work done by A,B,C is
A = 2 days
B = 2 days with A,B + 10 day s wit h C = 12 days
C = 2 days with A,B + 10days with B + 40 days all alone = 52 days
Please c larif y ...
Re: Time and Work

by Sindh oor G randh i - M onday , 13 July 2009, 12:4 0 PM
Hi harsh hal,
Sorry fo r the late re pl y ..
In probl e m 3: W hat e ve r you a ssum e W ork as; re m e m be r t hat y ou ne e d to divi de it with 75 d ays(t o fin d C 's 1 da y work ) an d 15 days( to
fin d A+B +C 's 1 day work ). So it i s e no ugh t o tak e W a s the LC M of 75 and 15 wh ich i s 75.
Sol ve th e pro ble m with W =75 units and you will g e t th e sam e ans we r. You n e e d t o tak e a m e ntal note of what y ou wo uld b e div iding W wi th
whi le yo u are solv ing t he proble m . Got it? Te ll m e frank ly if y ou st ill h ave a doub t ..
Re: joyd eep

by Kulvi r Sin gh - Monda y, 13 July 2009 , 12: 52 PM
Is the a nswe r thre e ??
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Re: Time and Work

by Sindh oor G randh i - M onday , 13 July 2009, 12:5 3 PM
Guy z,
Try this prob le m . Its a good one ..
Re: Time and Work

by Gaura v Mit tal - Mond ay, 1 3 Jul y 200 9, 04 :00 P M
gre at wo rk do ne si ndhoo r... hope to se e som e m ore art icle s lik e this from you in fu ture . .. th ank s a lot
Re: Time and Work

by Kulvi r Sin gh - Tue sd ay, 1 4 Jul y 200 9, 11 :57 A M
@ S indho or..
Nice art icle . ..
W hi ch proble m you are t alk in g abo ut..? ?
Re: Time and Work

by Am ar Kr Du be dy - Tue sday, 14 J uly 2 009, 03:48 PM
Ans is 6 ??
Re: Time and Work

by joyde e p sa rk ar - Tue sday, 14 J uly 2 009, 10:43 PM
the answe r is 3...
Re: Time and Work

by Vick ram As ok an - W e d ne sda y, 15 July 2009 , 10: 51 AM
Gre at article ...
Kud os... Post m ore chal le ngi ng proble m s on the t opic. .
Tha nk s,
-VI ck ram .
Tim e and Work

by Shyam Mana wat - W e dn e sday , 15 July 2009, 05:0 8 PM
ve ry nice art ical.
i l e arne d a l ot. i try to us e it in e a ch prob.
tha nx
Re: Time and Work

by Sindh oor G randh i - W e dne s day, 15 Ju ly 20 09, 0 5:46 PM
Tha nk s K ulvir, I was te lling abou t the prob le m p oste d by joyde e p onl y and 3 is the right answe r
Re: Time and Work

by Sindh oor G randh i - W e dne s day, 15 Ju ly 20 09, 0 5:47 PM
Tha nk s S hyam
Re: Time and Work

by joyde e p sa rk ar - W e d ne sda y, 15 July 2009 , 06: 34 PM
Two frie nds d e cide to work t oge th e r an d com ple te the const ructi on of the four walls of a room which is in th e sha pe of a sq uare . howe v e r,as
b f e ll s ick ,a starte d t he wo rk al one a nd co m ple t e d th e con struction of on e wal l and took "t" hours m ore than what the y woul d hav e tak e n if
the y had work e d to ge the r.aft e r th is a le ft and b ,work ing a lone com pl e te d the constructio n of the s e cond wall and took "(25/ 16)t" hours
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m ore tha n wha t the y wou ld ha ve ta k e n i f the y had work e d to ge the r.Fin ally, both of th e m wo rk e d toge t he r a nd co m ple t e d th e re m ainin g two
wal ls.th e con struction of th e fou r wal ls wa s com ple te d in 121 d ays.
in how m any d ays can b alone com p le te the constructio n of the f our walls?
if a tot al of 3600 is p aid f or th e e nt ire work ,what i s the share of a???
Re: Time and Work

by Kulvi r Sin gh - Thurs day, 16 Ju ly 20 09, 1 2:12 AM
A can m a k e 4 walls in 9 days ...
Re: Time and Work

by jyoti ve rm a - F riday , 17 July 2009, 12:1 2 AM
hi
Tha nk s f or th e pos t .
Nice fun das!!
Re: Time and Work

by antri k sh a garwa l - F riday , 17 July 2009, 04:2 7 PM
hi joyde e p,
k in dly p rovid e a d e tail e d so lutio n of the a bove probl e m (wall constructio n pro b) as i am unab le to solv e it.
tha nk s.
ant rik sh
Re: Time and Work

by k um ar swam bhu - Sund ay, 1 9 Jul y 200 9, 10 :16 A M
thi s art icle have som e re all y tri ck y q ue sti ons
Re: Time and Work

by tarun bhav nani - Sun day, 19 Ju ly 20 09, 0 1:21 PM
an s is ---> b ca n do it in 45 d ays.. ..
sol .-->
say a ca n do wrk i n l d ays a nd b can d o it in m days. ..
bot h can do i t in n day s....
l-n =t an d m -n = (2 5/16) t
and
l+m +n = 121*2 4
(con ve rti ng da ys to hrs)
3 e quati ons n 3 un k nown s...s olve . .
e njoy..
Re: Time and Work

by He m an t Ahi re - Sunda y, 26 July 2009 , 08: 13 PM
X c an do a piece of work in 20 days and Y c an do the same work in 30 days. They finished the work with the help of
Z in 8 days. If they earned a tot al of Rs. 5550, then what is t he share of Z?
Ple ase corre ct m e if I m wro ng.
1/2 0+1/3 0+1/Z = 1/ 8
1/Z = 1/ 8 - ( 50/60 0)
1/Z = 1/ 8 - 1 /12
1/Z = 1/ 24
The re fore Z can do pie ce of work in 24 days . So the ration of X :Y:Zwill b e 20: 30:24 . The re fore sha re of Z wi ll be 5550 *(12/ 37) = 1800 .
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Re: Time and Work
by cc688 6 cc - Tue sday, 28 J uly 2 009, 11:39 AM
hi Sindh oor,
won t the ans be true fo r all m ult iple s of 3 (re g ardin g the no o f work e rs probl e m ).. . i t hink 6,9 would also be ri ght.. .
ple ase corre ct if am wrong.
Re: Time and Work

by Um ang Math ur - W e dne sday, 29 J uly 2 009, 04:35 PM
The solu tion to la st proble m se e m s pro ble m spe ci fic. Had t he to tal m an-ho urs re quire d to com p le te the work we re not 5 0 but som e cre e py
number, then direc tly multiplying by a number, as in this case by 20, would no t be e asil y pos sible , rat he r, we wo uld h ave t he n
use d, hi t and tria l app roach .
Ple ase C orre ct m e if I am wrong.
R e g ards
Um a ng
Re: Time and Work

by dipta de e p bane rje e - W e dn e sday , 29 July 2009, 10:2 2 PM
hi He m an t,
I t hink we ne e d to cons ide r the ratio of wo rk do ne ra the r than the t im e t ak e n in do ing t he wo rk .. that' s wha t i u nde rs tand.
C an anyo ne te ll m e how to so lve joyde e p's f irst que st ion p le ase ?
Re: Time and Work

by Ajayk um ar Kam ne - Th ursda y, 30 July 2009 , 10: 21 AM
he y taru n,
I h ad a doubt in u r sol ution for the q ue sti on wi th 4 walls .
1. as th e roo m is a squ are , the a m ount of work re qd t o do e ach of th e wal l wou ld be
e qu al.
2. and consid e ring l,m , n to be th e hou rs ta k e n b y a,b and a+b t oge th e r to buil d one wall .
the e qua tions woul d be ,
l-n = t
m -n = 25 t/16
and l+m+ 2n = 121*24 (no t l+m +n = 121*2 4 , 2 n be cause the y build two walls toge the r. )
I h ave a doub t in the t hird e quat ion o f you r sol ution . C orre ct m e if am wrong.
Re: Time and Work

by Ajayk um ar Kam ne - Th ursda y, 30 July 2009 , 10: 49 AM
sol ution for joyde e p's first que s tion,
le t n be the no. o f pe rsons work i ng on firs t day , thn
no of pe rsons work ing f irst day = n
no of pe rsons work ing s e cond day = n-1
no of pe rsons work ing t hird day = n-2
he n ce no of p e rson s work ing on nt h day = 1
if all n pe rs ons k e pt work in g dai ly, t hn it took (2/3 )n da ys.
n + n-1 + n-2 + .. ..... . +1 = (2/ 3)*n
usi ng su m of arith m e tic prog re ssi ons a nd so lving this
1/2 [2*(a )+(N- 1)(d) ] = 2 N/3
1/2 [2*(1 )+(n- 1)(1) ] = 2 n/3
1/2 [n+1] = 2 n/3
n+1 = 4n /3
he n ce n = 3
and no, n can not b e any m ult iple of 3 as ca n be se e n he re ,
le t x be 1,2, 3.... . any thing
the n our e qua tion would be co m e ,
x n + x n- 1 + x n-2 +..... +1 = (2/3) *x n a nd so lving sim i larly
1/2 [2*(a )+(N- 1)(d) ] = 2 N/3, he re N = x n
1/2 [2*(1 )+(x n -1)(1 )] = 2(x n) /3
1/2 [x n+1 ] = 2x n/3
x n+1 = 4 x n/3
x n = 3.
n = 3/x (not an in te ge r)
He n ce n can o nly t ak e v alue 3
oth e r wa ys of solv ing t his p roble m are we lcom e .. .
Re: Time and Work
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by brije sh ja dav - Mond ay, 3 Augu st 20 09, 1 2:18 PM
Gre at wo rk an d an e qual ly gre at m e thod ... t hnk u

Re: Time and Work

by m anis h k ak ati - Tue s day, 4 Aug ust 2 009, 06:23 PM
I g e ttin g the conce pts. ..but som e m ore prob le m s will stre n gthe n our basics and acum e n...
PLEASE P R O VID E MO R E PR O Bs O N IT.
Re: Time and Work

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Re: Time and Work

by Prim e O pti m us - W e dn e sday , 12 Augus t 200 9, 12 :11 A M
Hi,
I had p re -co nce iv e d no tion that Tim e and work i s te d ious. . but this arti cle h as m a de it sim p le r a nd lu cid..
Tha nk s
-Ha ri
Re: Time and Work

by punit bada l - W e dne s day, 12 Au gust 2009, 03:1 6 PM
Hi,
cou ld yo u put som e prob e m s which invol ve pe rsons with diff e re nt capa bilit ie s.. .
Re: Time and Work

by Nik hi l Lin gala - Thu rsday , 13 Augus t 200 9, 10 :00 P M
Tha t was awe s om e !! Ex pl aine d be au tiful ly!!
Tha nk s s o m uch for the post Sindh oor.
Nik hil
Re: Time and Work

by PAVAN C - Saturday, 15 Au gust 2009, 08:1 4 PM
Tha nk yo u ve ry m uch for this arti cle .
R e g ard,
pav an
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Re: Time and Work

by m anis h k ak ati - W e dn e sday , 19 Augus t 200 9, 11 :23 A M
Ple ase t his f or m e :
Theres a lot of work in preparing a birthday dinner. Even after the turkey is in the
oven, theres still the potatoes and gravy, yams, salad, and cranberries, not to
mention setting the table.
Three friends, Asit, Arnold, and Afzal, work together to get all of these chores done.
The time it takes them to do the work together is six hours less than Asit would have
taken working alone, one hour less than Arnold would have taken alone, and half the
time Afzal would have taken working alone.
How long did it take them to do these chores working together?
1. 20 minutes 2. 30 minutes 3. 40 minutes 4. 50 minutes
Re: Time and Work

by k anwa rjit chadh a - W e dne s day, 19 Au gust 2009, 09:1 4 PM
Bos s,
ans is 4 0 m in
but this can be ob taine d by back calcu latio n fro m giv e n an s onl y
is the re a be tte r way t o sol ve ???
Re: Time and Work

by abhis he k t ripat hi - Frida y, 21 Augu st 20 09, 0 2:27 AM
tha nk u tg si r for dis article lo k ing forwa rds 4 m ore of u r nob le wo rk .ha ve a gre at day ahe ad che e rs ab hishe k
Re: Time and Work

by R avi Babu Gudip udi - Frid ay, 2 1 Aug ust 2 009, 03:16 PM
Hi TG,
Tha nk yo u, t his a rtica l is re all y goo d ...
Re: Time and Work

by Ne tra Me ht a - S aturd ay, 2 2 Aug ust 2 009, 02:56 AM
" n + n- 1 + n -2 + ..... ... +1 = ( 2/3)* n "
I d int g e t th is st e p in the solut ion t o joy de e p' s
que stion ..
C an u e x plain m e why u e quat e d th e se t wo te rm s??
Re: Time and Work

by m ite s h ana nd - Monda y, 31 Augu st 20 09, 0 1:07 AM
hi e ve ry one ,
the ans for joyde e p's 2 nd prob wu d be - b can co m ple t e in 45*4=180 d ays(o nly I thin k u m ight hav m istak e n in writ ing h rs in ste ad of d ayz a t sum place s)
a-1 /36,b -1/45
so a's s hare - (5/9) *3600 =2000
Re: ajay kumar kamne

by m ite s h ana nd - Monda y, 31 Augu st 20 09, 0 1:22 AM
frn d...I hop k i I will sim pl ify u r sol litt le bi t..
le t work done by e ach p rson on e a ch da y=1 u nit
no. of p rsons work ing o n 1st day=n--wo rk don e ->n units
no. of p rsons work ing o n 2nd day=n-1-- work d one ->n-1 u nits
no. of p rsons work ing o n nth day=1--wo rk don e ->1 unit
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e qu ation be co m e s->
n + n-1 + n-2 + .. ... +1=(2/ 3)[n+n+n.. .upto 'n' tim e s ]
[n( n+1)] /2=(2 /3)n^2
4n^2=3n^2+3n
n^2 =3n
n=0 or 3
dis cardi ng 0, ans wud b 3 m e n .
Re: Time and Work

by Etti R - S aturd ay, 5 Se pt e m be r 2009 , 01: 20 AM
W on de rfu l! a ve ry good varie ty... .ple a se po st so m e m o re su ch proble m s...t hank s a lo t!!

Re: Time and Work

by Priye sh Tu ngare - Sa turda y, 5 Se pte m be r 2009, 09:4 4 PM
hii i...
can anyo ne e x plain m e t he proble m s whe re two or m ore pe opl e are incl ude d and t he y work o n alt e rnat e day s??
i a m not able to s olve this k ind of proble m s.. p le ase he lp m e .. .
Re: Time and Work

by nitin bhat - Sa turda y, 5 Se pte m be r 2009, 11:0 1 PM
Hi Pr iyesh,
Pr oblems that include 2 or mor e p eople can be solved in the similar fashi on as you take the units of wor k.
Ex. A can finish a wor k in 10 day s and B takes 15 day s to complete t he same wor k wher eas C takes 25 day s to do the same job . Find the numb er of days it t akes to fi nish the
job when:
a) A,B & C all wor k on alter nate days
b)A &B wor k on the same day and C wor ks the next day.
Sol n.Let the total amount of wor k be 150 units(LCM of 10,15,25) then the r espective unit s of wor ks of A -15,B -10 and C- 6.
a)W or k c ompleted 1st Day-15( Only A wor ks) 2nd day-10( Only B wor ks) 3r d day -6 (Only C wor ks) so at the end of 3 d ays t he amount of wor k fi nished-15+10+6=31Uni ts.hence
they would take Ap pr ox. 15 days(14.51) to complet e the wor k.
b)W hen A &B wor k same day the wor k comp leted -25 units on day 1 next d ay si nce only C wor ks, units of wor k completed on day 2 is 6Units. So at the end of 2 days the unit of
wor k completed is( 25+6) =31Units. So to comp lete 150 units it'll take them Appr ox. 10 Day s(9.61).
I hope y ou have under st ood b y now....
Regar ds,
Nit in Bhat
nit inr .b hat@gmail. com
Re: Time and Work

by Priye sh Tu ngare - Sa turda y, 5 Se pte m be r 2009, 11:1 9 PM
he y niti n...
it m ay f e e l l ik e s tupid ity.. .
but can u e x p lain one t hing. .
tot al un its o f work is 31 .. . the n how did u fin d tha t the y wud tak e 15 d ays t o com ple te the work ? ??
Re: Time and Work

by nitin bhat - Su nday, 6 Se pte m b e r 20 09, 1 2:49 AM
Pri ye sh,
3Da ys-31 Unit s of work done , ne x t 3 da ys 6 2 uni ts do ne , n e x t 3 days 93 u nits done . ... s o on and s o forth by the e nd o f 15 days 155 u nits
of work will be co m ple t e d... our targe t is to co m ple t e 150 unit s of work . ... s o it' ll be litt le le ss th an 15 days ...
R e g ards,
Nit in
Re: Time and Work

by sindh uja m oram p alli - Fri day, 11 Se pte m b e r 20 09, 0 4:05
PM
re a lly a gre a t work
tha nk u so m u ch si r
12/19
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k e e p upd ating the s e k in d of work s
Re: Time and Work

by Ne e te ndra Mishra - S unday , 13 Se pte m be r 2009, 08:5 1 PM
gud work ...
Re: Time and Work

by ram k rishna roy - Thu rsday , 17 Se pte m be r 2009, 03:5 4 PM
for e x am ple -3 . , h ow are we ge tti ng LC M to be 60 0???? ?
Re: Time and Work

by PAVAN C - Tue sd ay, 2 2 Se p te m be r 200 9, 12 :31 A M
De a r ram k rish na ro y,
The valu e s in the probl e m are 15, 2,10, 40,75 so L C M ( 15,2, 10,40 ,75 ) =600 .
R e g ards,
Pav an.
Re: Time and Work

by de ve s h bha ttach arya - Fri day, 25 Se pte m b e r 20 09, 0 7:06 PM
I t rie d the a pproa ch it s won de rfu l.
i t rie d a fe w m ore que s tions of d iffe re nt v arie t y and placing t he m h e re
Q 1>
if 20 m e n or 24 wo m e n o r 40 boys can d o a work i n 12 days work i ng fo r 8 h ours a day , How m any m e n work i ng wi th 6 wom e n and 2 boy s
tak e to do a job 4 tim e s large r, if th e y wo rk 5 hours a da y for 12 d ay?
STO P HER E first try it do by yourse lf.
if u can 't so lutio n is he re .
Sol ution :
tak e lcm as 4 80.
tot al wo rk ho urs f or 1s t job is 1 2*8= 96 m a n hou rs.
now e ve ry gro up he re ta k e s 9 6 m an hours, so ,
first group o f m e n will do 4 80/96 = 5 units of work p e r ho ur.
Sam e is true for g roup of wo m e n a nd bo ys.
e ach m an will do 5 /20 u nit work p e r ho ur.
e ach W om e n do 5/24 unit work pe r hour,
e ach boy will do 5 /40 u nit p e r ho ur.
now the ne w t ask i s 4 t im e s bigge r i.e 480* 4 uni ts.
now e qua te
le t no. of m e n work ing on ne w tas k be = x
no. of wom e n work i ng are 6
no. of b oys work in g = 2
now x *(5 /20)+ 6*(5 /24) + 2*( 5/40) = 48 0 * 4
it give s x = 122
whi ch is the no of m e n re qui re d.
e njoy
Re: Time and Work

by jaya dulan i - T hursd ay, 1 O cto be r 2 009, 03:32 PM
Awe som e article
!! !!
U'v e m ad e tim e & work p robs m uch e asie r and inte re sti ng fo r m e . .
Tha nk s a ton! !!
@Ta run- he y t arun, i ag re e with A jay.. shudn 't th at be 2n, as bo th of the m cons truct e d two wal ls to ge the r. Mo re ove r, are n't the re 4
unk nowns and 3 e qu ation s? Pl z le a d m e to th e corre ct solut ion. Thanx ..
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Re: Time and Work

by arpit a ban sal - Satu rday, 3 O ctobe r 2009 , 10: 27 AM
can som e one p le ase he lp m e i n sol ving this que st ion:
a l arge tank of he ight 10m i s fit te d with a n inl e t wh ich can fi ll it in 6 0 m in ute s. the tank has 3 outl e t pi pe s f itte d at t he he ights of 5 m , 8m ,
9.5 m , from th e bot tom . all t he pi pe s a re op e ne d sim ul tane o usly, with the tank be ing e m pt y ini tiall y. in how m uch tim e 95% o f the tank
can be f ille d ? if the o utle rt pip e can e m pt y hal f of the t ank i n 1 a nd ha lf ho urs, the outle t pip e in the m iddle can e m pty 20% of th e tan k in
1 h r 12 m in a nd ou tle t pipe at th e top can e m pty 5% o f te h tank in 1 8 m in s
Re: Time and Work

by arnab das - Tue sday, 6 O ctobe r 2009 , 01: 32 PM
it' s ve ry he l pful. Than k s a lot.
It will be ve ry go od if you can k indly can uploa d an article ba se d o n tim e and dist ance ( Mainl y circle p roble m , A, B, C runni ng an d how m any
tim e s th e y m e e t, k inna. ..... ..)
It will be ve ry he lpful if y ou do so.. ...
Re: Time and Work

by supri ya na idu - Thursday, 8 O ctobe r 2009 , 12: 34 PM
Hi
Tha nk s f or t he in form a tion. I hav e fou nd on e sit e sna pwiz. co.in the re is lot of go od st uff re gard ing t his chapte r in case if yo u are plan ning
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you can also try t his
Re: Time and Work

by Prudh vi G - Thu rsday , 8 O ctobe r 200 9, 04 :38 P M
Q 1> by D e ve sh
If 20 m e n or 24 wo m e n o r 40 boys can d o a work i n 12 days work i ng fo r 8 h ours a day , How m any m e n work i ng wi th 6 wom e n and 2 boy s
tak e to do a job 4 tim e s large r, if th e y wo rk 5 hours a da y for 12 d ay?
Alternate solution
for this probl e m :
W ork = 1 2 D X 8 H = 96 Day-H ours

As a gro up of 20 M e n or 24 W om e n or 4 0 Boy s can do t he wo rk in sam e tim e
20 M = 24 W = 40 B
5 M = 6 W
= 10 B
(ple ase d o not blam e m e for g e nde r bias -
))
W ork = 1 2 x 8 x 20 m an -day- hours

Ne w work = 4 x pre vious work = 4 x (12 x 8 x 20 ) M-D -H
Le t the ne w work b e don e by Me n a lone .
Ne w work done by: 6 W + 2 B + a M => 5 M + 1M + a M ( re lat ion b tw M, W ,B )
Ne w work = 4 x (12 x 8 x 20 ) = ( 5+1+a ) x 5 x 12
a = 128 - 6 = 122 m e n
~C h e e rs~
R aj
Re: Time and Work

by sushi l k ri shna - Sat urday , 10 O ctob e r 20 09, 0 3:09
AM
tha nx
Re: Time and Work

by m anis h m ajum de r - Mo nday, 12 O ctobe r 200 9, 07 :07 P M
it was re ally a ve ry us e ful post for t im e a nd wo rk pre para tion.
Re: Time and Work

by VENU R EDDY - W e dne sd ay, 2 1 O ct obe r 2009, 11:2 4 AM
Tim e and work arti cle s is re ally good. Than k you ve ry m uch for posti ng th e art icle he re
Re: Time and Work

by Pank a j Kum ar - Thurs day, 29 O ctobe r 2009 , 01: 02 PM
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gre at n sum m a rize d pie ce on Tim e and W ork , TG ca n you ple a se he lp us on l ogari thm s topic too.
Tha nk s!!
Re: Time and Work

by sm rit i chh abra - W e d ne sda y, 4 Nove m be r 2 009, 10:53 AM
hi! ds a rticl e s re ally he lp ful! plz g ve su ch article s n a ll im porta nt to pics n C AT ! but i ve sm e doubt s in probl e m 9 ve un de rst ood u pto d t
le v e t dt 11 l itre s are fille d int o d re se rv ior a fte r dt la st 2 ste ps plz m ak e m e un de rst and n prob le m 3 too!
Tim e and Work e bo ok

by prate e k ba nsal - Tue sday, 10 Nove m b e r 20 09, 0 2:15 AM
tg sir
i h ave s e nt u che q ue fo r TSD and ge om e try e book bt h ave s tioll nt re ce iv e d .C AT is v e ry ne a r.pls he lp
pra te e k
Re: Time and Work e boo k

by jatin arora - T ue sda y, 10 Nove m be r 2009, 12:5 0 PM
De a r Sir ,
the prob le m s can a lso b e sol ve d u sing work e fficie nce s als o
1. A doe s work in 5 day s so A e ff % = 1 00/5
B do e s wo rk in 15 d ays s o B e ff% = 100/ 15
Eff% of A + Ef f% of B = 100/5 + 10 0/15 = 400 /15
Both can A and B ca n do work in = 100/4 00/15
= 15/ 4 ans wer
2. A doe s work in 15 da ys so A e f f% = 100/1 5=20/ 3

A work s for 6 days
so work com ple te d b y A i n 6 d ays = (20/ 3)*6 = 40%
so wo rk to be com ple te d b y B i n 3 d ays = 60%
B e ff % = 6 0/3 = 20%
So B alo ne ca n do work in = 100/2 0
= 5 d ays
answe r
Re: Time and Work

by Sam it Kati yar - Mond ay, 1 6 Nov e m be r 2009 , 09: 34 PM
He l lo Si r...
Man y m an y tha nk s t o u.. ..... ..... In Q u ant,T im e a nd W o rk wa s the only se ct ion whe re I hav e sol ve d a ny qu e stio n corre ctl y.... ..... .But afte r
goi ng th rough ur s olvin g sk ills. ..... ...I can s olve TnW q ue sti ons.. ..... ..... Thank s a l ot fo r thi s gre at tu toria l.... ..... .
Re: Time and Work

by Ank it Garg - Tu e sday , 24 Nove m be r 2 009, 11:12 AM
gre at article ... afte r re ad ing i re al ize d how s im ple it will b e wit h tak ing L C M .. . tha nk s a lot guys
Re: Time and Work

by nidhi soni - Su nday, 29 Nove m b e r 20 09, 0 5:27 PM
thn x sin dhoor
awe som e artical
Re: Time and Work

by abhis he k rai - Tue sd ay, 8 June 2010 , 04: 31 AM
I m ay be an i diot, but ple as e se e the follo wing.
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A g roup of m e n de cide d to do a jo b in 8 day s. Bu t sin ce 10 m e n dropp e d e v e ryda y, th e job got com pl e te d in 12 days . How m any m e n we re
at the b e ginn ing?
I g ot th e ans we r a s 330 . Am I corre ct. I th ink t he an swe r, give n as 165 i s wro ng..H e lp!! !
Re: Time and Work

by Gul G ul - Tue sd ay, 8 June 2010 , 08: 58 AM
Abh ishe k ,
The e qua tion would be s th li k e th is:
8x = 12x - 10 (1+2+...11 )
x = 165
Re: Time and Work

by abhis he k rai - Tue sd ay, 8 June 2010 , 01: 49 PM
Thn x Gul ab...
But accroindg ly, 6 60 m e n dro ppe d in 12 days , but only 165 m e n we re a t the be gi ning! !!!! Shoul dn't the n o. of drop pe d p e ople be 1 10.
The n,
8x =(x -11 0)*12
or, 8x = 12*1 10-12 x
or, 4x =1 2*110
or x = 33 0.
Now plz e x pla in!!!
als o, in itial ly, t he no . of m anda ys re quire d 132 0, if 165 is th e ans we r a nd af te r a fte r dropp ing o f 110 pe op le , i t be com e s 540. Som e t hing
fis hy!
Re: Time and Work

by m iti chak rabort y - T ue sda y, 8 June 2010, 02:2 9 PM
aja y,
i u se d s im ple tria l nd e rror m e th od 2 solve dis q...
he re , t1 /t2= 1/(2/ 3) = 3/2
the re fore , w1 /w2= 2/3
nw capacity o f e ach pe rson i s sam e . Le t us assum e cap acity is x for all.
nw using tria l nd e rror....
w1= 3x +2 x +x =6 x
w2= 3x +3 x +3x = 9x
w1/ w2=2/ 3
i k nw, i t can t b d prop e r wa y 2 s olve ds q. ..but it's tim e savi ng...
Re: Time and Work

by m iti chak rabort y - T ue sda y, 8 June 2010, 02:5 6 PM
abh ise k ,
the no. of m e n dro ppe d durin g the proce ss i s :o f or th e 1st day
10 for t he (2 nd, 3 rd, 4 th, 5 th, . ..... .., 1 2th d ay)
i.e . in total (10 X11)= 110 m e n we re d roppe d accordin g to the q
am i rig ht, g ulab? ???
Re: Time and Work

by Gul G ul - Tue sd ay, 8 June 2010 , 08: 53 PM
Yup Miti , u r corre ct
Re: Time and Work

by um ang shas tri - Thursday, 2 Se pte m b e r 20 10, 0 3:14
PM
16/19
2/16/14
pre fe ct
Re: Time and Work

by Mohit Sharm a - Tue sd ay, 3 Apri l 201 2, 09 :58 A M
@ joyde e p,
Le t both the frnd can com ple te th e wrk in X hrs,
the n, fi rst f rnd can co m ple t e wrk in= X+t h rs
se cond f rnd can co m ple t e wrk in= X+25t /16,
W e also k nw t hat,
1/X =1/(X +t)+1 /(X+2 5t/16 )
fro m thi s we ge t,
4X=5t
Now use ,
(X+t)+(X +25t/ 16)+2 X= 12 1*24 hrs
and calculate the value of X and t.
Re: Time and Work

by Mohit Sharm a - Thurs day, 5 April 20 12, 1 0:27 PM
Hi Kam al Sir,
Ple ase h e lp m e wit h the que s tion.
Q ue s: Mi ni an d Vin ay are qui z m as te rs pre pa ring for a quiz . In x m in ute s, Mini m ak e s y q ue sti ons m ore t han V inay. If i t we re pos sible to
re d uce t he ti m e ne e de d by e a ch to m ak e a qu e stio n by two m inute s, th e n in x m i nute s Mini woul d m ak e 2y que st ions m ore than Vinay .
How m any que s tions doe s Mini m ak e in x m inu te s?
a) 1/4[2 (x +y) -sqrt (2x ^2 +4y^2 )]
b) 1/4[2 (x -y) -sqrt (2x ^2 +4y^2 )]
c) Eithe r a o r b
d) 1/4[2 (x -y) -sqrt (2x ^2 -4y^2 )]
e ) None of th e se
Re: Time and Work

by Mohit Sharm a - W e dne sday, 18 A pril 2012, 06:5 2 PM
hi Kam al Sir,
Ple ase h e lp m e wit h the abov e que stion .
Re: Time and Work

by Kirti Saho o - W e dne s day, 6 Jun e 201 2, 10 :31 A M
He l lo TG ,
I t hink the re 's a bit o f an anom a ly in the solut ion f or Proble m 4.
In the s oluti on it 's gi ve n t hat L apm pa rd an d R oo ne y's 1 da y work = 1 5 uni ts bu t i t hink it sh ould be 1 hours work and sam e with Fabre gas
and W alcott.
So the re com b ine d 1 hou rs wo rk sh ould be 39 unit s and thus the y can com pl e te t he wo rk in 100/ 39 ho urs o r 2.5 6 hrs
As pe r t he so lutio n pro vide d he re the answe r 100 /58 d ays i s abs urd b e caus e tha t's a pprox . 1.7 2 whi ch is gre a te r t han 1 day which can' t be
the case as G e rrard him se lf tak e s 5 ho urs t o com ple te the work so wi th th e he l p of 4 oth e r pe ople he sh ould be ab le to com p le te the work
in le ss tim e .
Ple ase che ck the s oluti on an d corre ct m e if i'm wrong .
Tha nk s.
Re: Time and Work

by k irti vard han - Sund ay, 2 9 Jul y 201 2, 04 :39 P M
m y first post on T G:
The re is anot he r conce p t tha t can be u se d t o sol ve ti m e wo rk proble m s and that is t he FR AC TIO N R UL E. I will post a que stion he re .i wi ll
giv e you the e asy m e tho d.
25 m e n a nd 20 days to construct a 10 m t wal l.how m any m e n are re quire d to m ak e an 8 m t wall i f it is pl anne d that the work be co m ple t e d
in 10 da ys..
FR A C TIO N R ULE:
tak e the valu e of the q uanti ty th at is to b e cal culat e d as re fe re nce ..he re 25.
the n fra m e th e fra ction s by the f ollowing:
if num be r of days de cre ase s (20 t o 10) the num be r m e n has to in clre a se so the fract ion t hat h as to be m ultip lie d shoul d be
gre ate r than 1 so 20/10 .
ne x t for cons truct in an 8 m t wall le ss e r nu m be r of m e n are re qu ire d as co m pare d to a 10m t wal l so the f racti on ha s to be le ss th an 1 i.e .
8/1 0
so m e n re quire d = 25*(2 0/10) *(8/1 0)= 4 0 m e n (answe r)
hop e thi s he l ps u to crack q ue sti ons f aste r.
Re: Time and Work

by Prati bha B - Friday, 3 Au gust 2012, 11:1 7 AM
17/19
2/16/14
Sindhoor,
I have a confusion in problem No.7.
The question says "everyone works for four hours a day". I don't understand why, then, other workers apart
from X work more than four hours a day[as per the solution].
Please clarify.
Re: Time and Work

by R hyth m Goy al - Sunda y, 5 Augus t 201 2, 10 :57 P M
HI He m an t,
Z a lone "can do" work i n 24 days. But he wo rk e d only 8 day s.
Als o pay m e nt doe s not d e pe nd on n um be r of d ays work e d for, but on th e am o unt o f work .
Thu s in 8 day s he work e d 1/2 4*8 p art o f work i.e . 1/3 of work .t hus p aym e n t too 1/3rd onl y.
Re: Time and Work

by sam e e r sap re - Sunda y, 5 Augus t 201 2, 11 :17 P M
tha nk yo u sir..... !!
gr8 and lauda ble work . thank s a l ot... ..... !!
Re: Time and Work

by Ashwa ni Ku shwah a - F riday , 24 Augus t 201 2, 03 :23 P M
cud anyo ne ou t he re pro vide m e th e lin k to the R atio and p roportion forum . I can't find it. I t wou ld be of g re at he lp. than x
Re: Time and Work

by anil m osal i - M onday , 10 Se pte m be r 2012, 07:4 3 AM
u r ge ni us bo ss. A ctual ly sp e ak in g u r tota l n we are gadh as.. thats our site . he lp us i m prov e sti ll m o re wi th co nce pt s of de e pe r
com ple x i ty..
Re: Time and Work

by jyots na ch auhan - Mo nday, 22 O ctobe r 201 2, 09 :00 P M
he l lo Si ndhoo r,
Pl e ase solve this que s tion for m e . T hank you.
Fou r pip e s ca n fil l a re se rv oir i n 15, 20,
30 and 6 0 hou rs re spe ct ive ly . The firs t
one was ope ne d at 6 AM, se co nd at 7
AM, third at 8 AM and t he fo urth at 9
AM. W he n will the re se rvoir be fi lle d ?
Re: Time and Work

by vive k 231 - Tue sday, 23 O ctobe r 201 2, 04 :27 P M
hi
le t the capacity o f tan k be 60 (l .c.m of 15 ,20,3 0,60)
and the pipe A wil l fil l at a rat e 4 l itre s pe r hour
B a t 3,c at 2 AND D AT 2,
in the f irst hour only A is ope ne d so 4litrs wil l be fille d
in the s e cond A an d B s o 7
in the t hird hour a,b,a nd c 9
in the f ourth a,b, cand D 10
now 30 l itre s will be f ille d at 1 0a.m afte r that it will t ak e
3 h ours to fi ll (3 0/(4+3+2+1 )=3ho urs) ,
so it wi ll be fill e d co m ple t e ly a t 12. 00
Re: Time and Work

by ank it SAHA Y - S unday , 8 S e pte m be r 2 013, 10:18 PM
18/19
2/16/14
hi,
can som e one ple as e sol ve th is qu e stio n:
The rate s at which Alok and Bhask ar wo rk are in the ratio 5 : 4 . The y work on alte rnate days to co m ple t e a job. B hask a r sta rte d the job an d
he work e d on the l ast d ay. T he jo b was com p le te d in 1 day m ore than the t im e t hat A lok a lone would tak e to com ple te it . Fin d the tim e
tak e n (i n day s) by the m work ing t oge th e r to com p le te the job.
Re: Time and Work

by de bad itya k han - Mon day, 9 Se p te m be r 201 3, 01 :43 P M
Eff icie n cy of A: B = 5:4
le t tota l work is 100x
tot al wo k =(5+4)x =9 x
now tota l work =9x * 11=99 x ( in 22 d ays)
in 23 da ys th e re s t work i,e . x will b e com ple te d by B @(x /4x )
the re fore tot al wo rk wi ll be com p le te d in 2 3 day s.
Re: Time and Work

by ank it SAHA Y - M onday , 9 S e pte m be r 2 013, 07:31 PM
tha nx fo r the re sp onse but a ns is give n as 40/9 days.
MBA C AT GM AT
Y ou a re no t log ged i n. (L ogin)
19/19

TWD

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