Question: Sakshi can do a piece of work in 20 days. Tanya is 25% more efficient than Sakshi. The number of days taken by Tanya to do the same piece of work is
Options:
A) 15
B) 16
C) 18
D) 25
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Answer:
Correct Answer: B
Solution:
- Ratio of times taken by Sakshi and Tanya
$ =125:100=5:4 $
Suppose Tanya takes x days to do the work.
$ 5:4::20:x $
$ \Rightarrow $ $ x=( \frac{4\times 20}{5} ) $
$ \Rightarrow $ x = 16 days
Hence, Tanya takes 16 days to complete the work.