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To complete a task in 45 days, a contractor employees 45 people. Upon reviewing the work after 30 days, he notices that only half the task is complete. In order to meet the deadline of 45 days, how many extra people must he employ?

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Important Questions on Time and Work

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X can complete 57th part of a work in 10 days and Y can complete 34th part of the same work in 9 days. In how many days will both complete 1321st part of the total work?
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Indira and Chandra can do a task separately in 20 days and 80 days respectively. Indra begins the work and works for 3 days and then takes a leave for five days during those days Chandra works. This process continues till the end of the work. How many days are taken to complete the work? 
MEDIUM
Inlet pipe P can fill a tank in 7 hours, while outlet pipe Q can empty the completely filled tank in 6 hours. If P is opened for first three hours and then Q is also opened, then how much time will be needed to empty the tank? 
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Marc and Mike together can build a 5 foot high wall in 10 days. If Marc alone can build the same wall in 12 days, in how many days will Mike alone build the same wall? 

(A) 50 days 

(B) 60 days

 (C) 20 days 

(D) 24 days 

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A and B can do a job together in 12 days. A is 2 times as efficient as B. In how many days can B alone complete the work?
MEDIUM
M alone can do a work in 50 days. M is 10% less efficient than N. In how many days can N alone do the same work?
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9800 J of energy was spent to raise a mass of 70 kg. The mass was raised to a height of _____?
EASY
If a car travels a distance with 20% less speed, then it will reach 15 minutes late. What is the usual time(in minutes) taken by the car to travel the same distance?
MEDIUM
A and B can complete a piece of work in 6 and 12 days separately. If they work jointly, how long will they take to complete this piece of work ?
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10 persons can build a wall in 8 days. How may persons can build the wall in half day ?
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 A van covers 25 km at the rate of 20 kmph and again a distance of 80 km at the rate of 25 kmph. Find the average speed of the van (in kmph) for the whole journey. 

MEDIUM
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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A contractor has the target of completing a work in 40 days. He employed 20 persons who completed 14 of the work in 10 days and left. The number of persons he has to employ to finish the remaining part as per target is:
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A man uses train and car to reach his office. If he travels 10km by car and the rest of the distance by train then he reaches his office in ‘t’ hours. If he travels exactly opposite (10 km by train, and the rest by car), he reaches the office in (t+0.5 hours). If the speeds of train and car are respectively 50km/hr and 40km/hr, then how much distance does he travel to reach his office? 
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Raju can do a piece of work in 20 days, while Ram can do it in 30 days. If both of them work at it together, then the number of days in which they will be able to finish the work is:
MEDIUM
A, B, and C complete a work in 10 days working together. A alone does the same work in 20 days and B alone does it in 30 days. How many days will C take to complete the task alone? 
HARD
A is twice as good a workman as B and together they finish a piece of work in 20 days. In how many days will A alone finish the work?
MEDIUM
A,B, and C together complete a work in 2 days. If A and B need 2.4 days to complete the work, while B and C together complete the work in 4 days then in how many days will B alone do the work?
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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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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