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 $
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