Aptitude - Time and Work - Discussion
Each of the questions given below consists of a question followed by three statements. You have to study the question and the statements and decide which of the statement(s) is/are necessary to answer the question.
In how many days can 10 women finish a work? | |||||
I. | 10 men can complete the work in 6 days. | ||||
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III. | If 10 men work for 3 days and thereafter 10 women replace them, the remaining work in completed in 4 days. |
I. (10 x 6) men can complete the work in 1 day.
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60 |
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10 x | 24 | ![]() |
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10 x | 24 | ![]() |
women can complete the work in 1 day. |
7 | 7 |
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240 | ![]() |
men's 1 day work + | ![]() |
240 | ![]() |
women's 1 day work = 1. |
7 | 7 |
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240 | x | 1 | ![]() |
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240 | ![]() |
women's 1 day's work = 1. |
7 | 60 | 7 |
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240 | ![]() |
women's 1 day's work = | ![]() |
1 - | 4 | ![]() |
= | 3 |
7 | 7 | 7 |
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3 | x | 7 | x 10 | ![]() |
= | 1 |
7 | 240 | 8 |
So, 10 women can finish the work in 8 days.
III. (10 men's work for 3 days) + (10 women's work for 4 days) = 1
(10 x 3) men's 1 day's work + (10 x 4) women's 1 day's work = 1
30 men's 1 day's work + 40 women's 1 day's work = 1
Thus, I and III will give us the answer.
And, II and III will give us the answer.
Correct answer is (A).
(10 men + 10 women)'s 1 day work = 7/24.
1/10*6*10 + 10 women = 7/4.
So 10 women's 1 day work = 7/4-1/6 = 3/24 = 1/8.
In your answer to solve 2&3, you are using 1 men's 1-day work = 1/60.
I think this is derived from statement 1. Other statements are not mentioning this. So why this used here in solution?
Please help me to answer this.
20 men, 1 day work = 1/10.
20 men, 3 day work = 3/10.
Remaining work = 1 - 3/10 = 7/10.
Now we take 1 men, 1 day work = 1/60,
Now 5 men return back therefore only 15 men will present.
Now 15 men, 1 day work = 15/200.
Therefore to complete remaining 7/10 work number of days are = (7/10) * (200/15) = 28/3 days.
In the question, they asked 10 women can finish the work in how many days?
1st option it gives only about the men na. How come women days can be obtained?