9 kids can finish a bit of work in 360 days. 18 men can finish the sam...
Given:
- 9 kids can finish a bit of work in 360 days
- 18 men can finish the same work in 72 days
- 12 ladies can finish it in 162 days
To find:
- Time taken by 4 men, 12 ladies and 10 kids together to finish the work
Assumptions:
- Let the total work be 1 unit
- Let the efficiency of 1 kid be x, efficiency of 1 man be y and efficiency of 1 lady be z
- From the given data, we can calculate x, y and z
Calculation:
- As per the first given statement, 9 kids can finish the work in 360 days
- So, total work done by 1 kid in 1 day = 1/(9*360) = 1/3240
- Efficiency of 1 kid (x) = 1/3240
- As per the second given statement, 18 men can finish the work in 72 days
- So, total work done by 1 man in 1 day = 1/(18*72) = 1/1296
- Efficiency of 1 man (y) = 1/1296
- As per the third given statement, 12 ladies can finish the work in 162 days
- So, total work done by 1 lady in 1 day = 1/(12*162) = 1/1944
- Efficiency of 1 lady (z) = 1/1944
- Let the time taken by 4 men, 12 ladies and 10 kids together to finish the work be t days
- Total work done in 1 day by 4 men, 12 ladies and 10 kids = 4y + 12z + 10x
- According to the rule of work, time taken is inversely proportional to efficiency and directly proportional to the amount of work
- So, we can write the equation: (4y + 12z + 10x) * t = 1
- Substituting the values of x, y and z, we get: t = 81 days
Therefore, the answer is option (b) 81 days.
9 kids can finish a bit of work in 360 days. 18 men can finish the sam...
9×360 children = 18×72 men = 12×162 women
⇒ 45 children = 18 men
= 27 women
⇒ 5 children = 2 men = 3 women
Now, 4 men + 12 women + 10 children
= 4 men + 8 men + 4 men
= 16 men
∵ 18 men can complete the work in 72 days.
∴ 16 men can complete the work in =18×72/16 = 81 days