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Work to be done is generally considered as one
unit. It may be constructing or painting a house,
filling up or emptying a tank, reservoir or a cistern.
Work
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If A can do a piece of work in n days, then A's 1 day's
work =1/n

If A's 1 day's work =1/n, then A can finish the work in
n days.

Work and men are directly proportional to each
other i.e, if the work increases, the no. of men
required to do it, also increases, if the work is to be
completed in the same number of days.
Important Notes
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Men and days are inversely proportional, ie, if the
number of men increases, the number of days
required to complete the same work decreases
and vice versa.

Work and days are directly proportional, ie, if the
work increases, the number of days required also
increases, if the work is to be completed with the
same number of men and vice versa.
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If A alone completes some work in x days and B
alone completes same work in y days ; then A & B
can finish together work in t days

Equation (1)


If A is x times as good a workman as B, then:Ratio
of work done by A and B = x : 1.

Ratio of times taken by A and B to finish a work =
1 : x ..Equation (2)


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1. If a pipe can fill a tank in x hour, then the part filled
in 1 h = 1 /x

2. If a pipe can empty a tank in b hour, then the part
of the full tank emptied in 1 h = 1 / y

3. If a pipe can fill a tank in x hour and another pipe
can empty the full tank in y hour, then the net part
filled in 1 h, when both the pipes are opened =
(1/x) (1/y)..............Equation (3)
Pipe and Cistern
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Q1 : Swami and Raja can do a job alone in 10 days
and 40 days respectively. In how many days the job
will be finished, if they work together ?

Solution:
Days taken by swami (x) = 10 ; Days taken by Raja (y) =40

Days taken if they work together =t (1/10 )+ (1/40) =
(1/t)....................after applying Equation (1)

t= 8
So time taken to complete the work for Swami & Raja together
is 8 days.
Examples
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Q2: Ram and Sam can do a piece of work in 10 days
and 15 days respectively. They work together for 3
days and then Sam leaves. Ram finishes the
remaining work alone. In how many days in the total
work finished?

Solution :

Ram's 1 day work : 1/10
Sam's 1 day work : 1/15
(Ram + Sam)'s 1 day work : (1/10)+(1/15)=1/6
(Ram + Sam)'s 3 day work : 3/6
Remaining work = 1- (1/2) = 1/2
So days taken by Ram to complete 1/2 work = 10/2 = 5 days
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Q3:A is thrice as good as workman as B and therefore
is able to finish a job in 60 days less than B. Working
together, they can do it in how many days ?

Solution :
Ratio of times taken by A and B = 1 : 3.
Difference of time between them is 60 days
So time taken by B = 3/2 40 = 60 days
So time taken by A = 20 days

if A & B work together then time taken = (20
60)/(20+60).............apply equation (1)

Time taken to complete work if they work together is =15 days
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Q4: Pipe A can fill a tank in 10 min, pipe B in 20 min
and a leak can empty the tank in 40 min. If all of
them work together, find the time taken to fill the
empty tank?

Solution: Given

(1/x)=(1/10 + 1/20)
(1/y) = 1/40
Net part filled in 1 min = (1/10 + 1/20 1/40) = 8....apply
Equation (3)
So, the empty tank will be filled in 8 min.
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