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8 men can complete a piece of work in 20 days. 8 women can complete the same work in 32 days. In how many days will 5 men and 8 women together complete the same work ?

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Important Questions on Ratio and Proportion

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A man standing on a railway platform noticed that a train took 21s to cross the platform (this means the time elapsed from the moment the engine enters the platform till the last compartment leaves the platform) which is 88m long, and that it took 9s to pass him. Assuming that the train was moving with uniform speed, what is the length of the train in meters?
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4 men and 3 women finish a job in 6 days, and 5 men and 7 women can do the same job in 4 days. How long will 1 man and 1 woman take to do the work?
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A person X is running around a circular track completing one round every 40 seconds. Another person Y running in the opposite direction meets X every 15 seconds. The time, expressed in seconds, taken by Y to complete one round is
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In a camp 180 students had ration for 20 days. How many students should leave the camp if the ration should last for 25 days?
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12 men can finish a piece of work in 20 days. 8 men started working and after 10 days were replaced by 18 women. These 18 women finish the remaining work in 16 days. In how many days 18 women can finish the whole work?
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Smita can finish a work in 12 days and Sam can finish the same work in 9 days. After working together for 4 days, they both leave the job. What is the fraction of unfinished work?
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A, B, C each working alone, can finish a piece of work in 27,33,45 days respectively. A starts the work by working alone for 12 days, then B takes over from A and works for 11 days. At this stage C takes works from B and completes the remaining work. In how many days was the whole work completed?
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A can do a piece of work in 24 days. If B is 50% more efficient than A, then in how many days can B do the same work?
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A can do a work in 24 days, B is 20% more efficient than A, if C can do the work in 10 more days than B, find days taken by A and C together to complete the work.
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20 men can complete a piece of work in 16 days. After 5 days from the start of the work, some men left. If the remaining work was completed by the remaining men in 1813 days, how many men left after 5 days from the start of the work?
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Working alone, A can do a job in 15 days and B can do the same job in 18 days. In how many days will the job be completed if both work together:
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If 7 boys and 2 men were working together can do 3 times as much work per hour as a boy and a man together, what will be the ratio of work done by a boy and a man for the given time?
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P is twice as efficient as Q. Q takes 12 days to complete a job. If both of them work together, how much time will they take to complete the job?
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A group of soldiers can completely destroy an enemy camp in 5 days. However, 9 soldiers were injured. The remaining soldiers destroyed the camp in 8 days. Calculate the actual number of soldiers who destroyed the camp?
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P, Q, and R can complete a work in 20, 15, and 25 days respectively. P, Q and R together took 9400 to complete the same work. What will be the share of Q?
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M alone can do a work in 30 days. M is 50% less efficient than N. In how many days can N alone do the work?
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P can do a piece of work in 15 days and Q in 20 days. With the help of R, they finish the work in 5 days. In how many days R alone can do the same work?
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A and B working alone can do a work in 20 days and 15 days respectively. They started the work together but B left after sometime and A finished the remaining work in 6 days. Find after how many days from start B left the work?

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A can do a piece of work in 8 days which B can destroy in 3 days. A has worked for 6 days, during the last 2 days of which B has been destroying. How many days must A now work alone to complete the work?
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28 men can complete a piece of work in 15 days and 15 women can complete the same piece of work in 24 days. What is the respective ratio between the amount of work done by 30 men in 1 day and the amount of work done by 18 women in 1 day?