Quantitative Aptitude Ques 1626
Question: Two workers A and B working together completed a job in 5 days. If A worked twice as efficiently as he actually did and B worked $ \frac{1}{3} $ as efficiently as he actually did, the work would have been completed in 3 days. A alone could complete the work in
Options:
A) $ 5\frac{1}{4}days $
B) $ 6\frac{1}{4}days $
C) $ 7\frac{1}{2}days $
D) None of these
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Answer:
Correct Answer: B
Solution:
- [b] Let As 1 days work = x and Bs 1 days work = y.
Then, $ x+y=\frac{1}{5} $
and $ 2x+\frac{1}{3}y=\frac{1}{3} $
On solving, we get
$ x=\frac{4}{25} $ and $ y=\frac{1}{25} $
A’s 1 day’s work $ =\frac{4}{25} $
So, A alone could complete the work in $ \frac{25}{4}or6\frac{1}{4}days $