ABC26GN3525 · Time and Work
Subject: General Aptitude · Chapter: Time and Work · Exam: 2010 · Marks: · Difficulty:
If 2 men or 6 women or 4 boys can finish a work in 99 days, how many days will one man, one woman and one boy together take to finish the same work?
(a)44 days
(b)54 days
(c)64 days
(d)104 days
(e)None of these
Answer
Explanation
1 man’s 1 day’s work = = ; 99 × 2 198 1 1 = ; 1 woman’s 1 day’s work = 99 × 6 594 1 1 1 boy’s 1 day’s work = = . 99 × 4 396 (1 man + 1 woman + 1 boy)’s 1 day’s work 1 1 1 11 1 = + + = = . 198 594 396 1188 108 Hence, 1 man, 1 woman and 1 boy together take 108 days to finish the same work. 1 1
Explanation as extracted from the printed page; notation may be imperfect.
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