Chain Rule

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Chain Rule: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Chain Rule in Work and Time, Direct Proportionality in Chain Rule, Indirect Proportionality in Chain Rule and Principles of Chain Rule etc.

Important Questions on Chain Rule

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40 persons take 6 days to complete a certain task working 10 hours a day. How many hours a day will be sufficient for 30 persons to complete the same task in 10 days?

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A steel plant got an order of 1000 pieces of steel coil. 250 pieces of steel coil are produced by employing 1000 persons, working 15 hours per day in 100 days. During the quality check, it was advised that the working hours must be reduced by 5 hours, then find the additional number of persons required to complete the project in 200 days.

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In a road construction project, 72 men can complete the work in 500 days. Now, all 72 men worked for first 450 days. As the lock-down is imposed due to COVID-19 for 10 days. Find the number of extra men required to complete the work before 10 days than expected.
 

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In a construction site, 2500 men can complete the work in 90 days, and after working for 30 days, 2375 existing men left the work and 500 newbies join the team. In how many days the remaining work will be completed?

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In a construction project, N men can complete the work in T days, and after they had worked for t days. The same number of men join the workforce. In how many days the remaining work will be completed? 

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In a power plant, 300 pumps are employed for working 10 hours a day that can fill the boilers in 2 days. How many hours a day the 400 pumps are required to fill the boiler in a single day?

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The fourth proportional to 0.05,0.45.16 is:

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If 27 men can do a piece of work in 30 days. In what time 135 men can do another piece of work 3 times as greater?

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If 56 men can type a book in 10 days. How many more men are needed so that the book can be completed in 8 days?

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48 boys can do a work in 72 days. After 24 days, some boys came and the remaining work is finished in 24 days. Find the extra number of boys.

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36 men can do a work in 48 days. After 12 days, some men left the work and the remaining work is finished in 48 days. How many men left the work?

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In a hotel, there was enough food for consumption by 12 men for 30 days. After 10 days, 3 men came in hotel. For how many days the food will last for them?

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In a military base, they had food for consumption by 36 soldiers for 20 days. After 5 days, 6 soldiers left. How many days the remaining food will last for them?

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A wall 60m×30m×20 m can be built by 3 men in 4 days working 6hrs/day. How many men are needed to construct a wall  20 m×40 m×10 m in 4  days working 2 hr/day?

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If 4 men or 8 women can do a piece of work in 15 days, in how many days can 6 men and 12 women do the same piece of work?

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Some persons can do a piece of work in 12 days. Two times the number of such persons will do half of the work in :

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Two cogged wheels, of which one has 16 cogs and the other has 27 work into each other if the latter turns 80 times in three quarters of a minute, how often does the other turn in 8 seconds?

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If a piece of work could be completed in 24 days by 98 men, how many men would it take to complete it in 21 days?

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4 mat-weavers can weave 4 mats in 4 days. At the same rate, how many mats would be woven by 8 mat-weavers in 8 days?

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An industrial loom weaves 0.128 metres of cloth every second. Approximately, how many seconds will it take for the loom to weave 25 metres of cloth?