Quantitative Aptitude Ques 573

Question: If one man or two women or three boys can finish a work in 66 days, then how many days will one man, one woman and one boy together take to finish the same work? [OBC (Clerk) 2011]

Options:

A) 30 days

B) 36 days

C) 42 days

D) 24 days

E) None of these

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

  • $ 1M=2W=3B $

$ \therefore $ 1 man, 1 woman and 1 boy $ =( 1+\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{3} )men=\frac{11}{6}men $ Number of days $ \text{=}66\times \frac{6}{11}=36,days $