Time and Work

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SSC CPO Paper-I
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A and B can do work in 12 days, B and C in 15 days, and C and A in 20 days. They all work together for 6 days and then A left.In how many more days can B and C finish the remaining work?

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x, y and z can do a work in 20, 25 and 30 days respectively. They undertook to finish the work together for  2220. The share of x exceeds that of y by -

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X can do a piece of work in 20 days and Y can do the same work in 30 days. They finished the work with the help of Z in 8 days. If they earned a total of Rs. 5550, then what is the share of Z?

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A,B and C can do a piece of work individually in 8,12 and 15 days respectively. Aand B start working together but A quits after working for 2 days. After this, C joins and works till completion of the work. In how many days will the work be completed?

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A is thrice as good a workman as B and A is therefore able to finish a piece of work in 60 days less than B. Find the time in which they can do it, working together.

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A can do 78 of work in 28 days, B can do 56 of the same work in 20 days. The number of days they will take to complete if they do it together is _____.

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A takes 5 days more than B to do a certain job and 9 days more than C; A and B together can do the job in the same time as C. How many days A would take to do it ?

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15 men or 24 women or 36 boys can do a piece of work in 12 days, working 8 hours a day, how many men must be associated with 12 women and 6 boys to do another piece of work 214 times as great in 30 days working 6 hours a day?

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Ram completes 60% of a task in 15 days and then takes the help of Rahim and Rachel. Rahim is 50% as efficient as Ram is and Rachel is 50% as efficient as Rahim is. In how many more days will they complete the work?

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A is thrice as efficient as B and hence completes a work in 40 days less than the number of days taken by B. What will be the number of days taken by both of them when working together?

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If 6 men and 8 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 26 men and 48 boys can do the same in 2 days, what is the time taken by 15 men and 20 boys in doing the same type of work?

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A and B together can do a piece of work in 18 days, B and C in 24 days, and A and C in 36 days. The number of days, all of them working together take to complete the work, is

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3 men and 5 women together can complete a work in 6 days, whereas 4 men and 9 women together can do it in 4 days. How many women are required to do the same work in 7 days?

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A and B can do a piece of work in 36 daysB and C can do the same work in 60 daysA and C do the same work in 45 days. In how many days B alone complete the same work?

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 A is twice as efficient as B and C is thrice as efficient as B. Working together, they can finish a certain work in 5 days. A and C worked together for 5 days. B alone would complete the remaining work in ______.

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A and B can do a job in 10 days and 5 days, respectively. They worked together for two days, after which B was replaced by C and the work was finished in the next three days. How long will C alone take to finish 40% of the job?

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A is twice as good a workman as B, and together they finish a piece of work in 13 days. In how many days will A alone finish the work?

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Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 12 hours and 18 hours, respectively. Both pipes are opened simultaneously. In how much time will the empty tank be filled completely?

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If 45 persons can complete a work in 18 days, working 8 hours a day, then how many persons are required to complete two-thirds of the same work in 20 days, working9 hours a day ?

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A can finish 13 of a work in 5 daysB can finish 25 of the same work in 10 days and C can finish 75% of the same work in 15 days. They work together for 6 days. The remaining work will be finished by B alone in _____.