Aptitude - Time and Work - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Time and Work - General Questions (Q.No. 9)
9.
A does 80% of a work in 20 days. He then calls in B and they together finish the remaining work in 3 days. How long B alone would take to do the whole work?
23 days
37 days
371/2
40 days
Answer: Option
Explanation:

Whole work is done by A in ( 20 x 5 ) = 25 days.
4

Now, ( 1 - 4 ) i.e., 1 work is done by A and B in 3 days.
5 5

Whole work will be done by A and B in (3 x 5) = 15 days.

A's 1 day's work = 1 , (A + B)'s 1 day's work = 1 .
25 15

Therefore B's 1 day's work = ( 1 - 1 ) = 4 = 2 .
15 25 150 75

So, B alone would do the work in 75 = 37 1 days.
2 2

Discussion:
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Jeevesh said:   2 years ago
@Rajendra.

Thank you for explaining.
(4)

Krishnaveni said:   2 years ago
80%--->20days.
20%--->'x' days.
x = [20 * 20%]/80%.
x = 5 days.
1/5 + 1/y = 1/3.
1/y = 2/15.
20%--->15/2 days.
100%--->'z' days.
z = [(15/2) * 100%]/20%.
z = 75/2 days.
(30)

Rak said:   2 years ago
Thanks @Karan.
(5)

Keerthan G said:   2 years ago
A= 80% in 20 days.
100% in 25 days.

A + B = 20% in 3 days.
100% in 15 days.

LCM OF 15 and 25 is 75.

Efficiency of A is 75/25 = 3.
Efficiency of A+B is 75/15 = 5.

A+B = efficiency of A+B is 5 so that,

A+B = 5,
3+B = 5,
B = 2.

THEN 75 IS TOTAL WORKS.

So, 75/2 = 37.5.
(77)

Kasi Viswesh said:   1 year ago
This can also be solved in this way.
A - 80% work in 20 days .
=>1/A=1/20 (1 day work of A) ---> 1

Also Given remaining 20% work done in 3 days by help of B.
Let us calculate days if they work for other 80%.

20% = 3 days.
80% = x.
x = 12 days.
=> 1/A + 1/B = 1/12.

Substitute value of 1/A from eq 1
then B = 30

=> 80% = 30 days,
100% = x.
By calculating x = 37.5.
So, B alone can finish work in 37.5 days.
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Ramya reddy said:   1 year ago
80% of the work in 20 days means 4/5.
100% he will complete in 25 days.
Now, the remaining 20% of the work in 3days means;
1-4/5 = 1/5 this is for one day
For 3days 3*1/5 = 1/15,
Now [1/15 - 1/25] = 2/75.
Rev= 75/2=37.5
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Logesh said:   1 year ago
Good, Thanks @Keerthan G.
(5)

Thirumalai Murugan said:   1 year ago
(no of days required A to complete 100% work + no of days required B to complete 100% work) * no of days
= no of days required complete whole work by A+B -----> 1
A per-day work = 20/80 = 1/ 4 meaning 4 units/day.

Hence, no of days required A to complete 100% work = 100/4 = 25 days.
No of days are required to complete the whole work by A+B = 100/20 = 5.
The sub in 1.
(1/25 +1/B) *3 = 1/5.
3/B = 2/25.
B = 25*3/2
B = 37.5
(8)

Dhanaraj sawant said:   1 year ago
A completes 80% of the work in 20 days.
This means A does 4% of the work each day (80% ÷ 20 days).
In 3 days, A would complete 12% of the work (4% × 3 days).
The remaining work, 8%, is done by B in 3 days.

To find out how long B would take to complete the entire work (100%), we calculate it as follows:

If B does 8% of the work in 3 days, then B's work rate is 8% ÷ 3 days = 2.67% per day.
Therefore, to complete 100% of the work, B would require:
100% ÷ 2.67% per day = 37.5 days.
So, B would take 37.5 days to complete 100% of the work.
(15)

Vaibhav Shinde said:   12 months ago
A -> 80% work in 20 days.
A + B ---> 20% work in 3 days.

A --> 100% work in 25 days.
A+B ->100%work in 15 days
LCM of 25 and 15 is 75.
Capacity of A is -->3 units
Capacity of A+B ---> 5 units.

So, the total work was 75(LCM).
B capacity = A+B (Capacity)-A(capacity).
B(Capacity) = 5-3.
B(Capacity) = 2.
B(work) = totalWork/B(Capacity).
B(Work) = 75/2.
B(Work) = 37.5.
(8)


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