CHAPTER
TIME AND WORK
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TIME AND WORK 3 : Shyam will do a piece of work in 30 days;
Ram can do same work in 15 days; in how many days can both do
In this chaper we will cover the following two topics they are
the work together?
based on similar concepts.
(i) Time and Work Sol. As per the formula, required days
(ii) Pipes and Cisterns 30 15 450
= 10 days
30 15 45
Work is the job assigned or job completed. The rate of work If A, B, C can do a piece of work in X, Y, Z days respectively
is the speed or speed of work.
xyz
Quicker Method to solve the Questions of while working alone , they will together take
[ xy yz zx ]
Work and Time
days to finish it
If a person completes a job in n days then he will complete 4 : Shyam will do a piece of work in 30 days;
1 Ram can do same work in 15 days, Bhuvan can do the same work
th part in one day.. in 10 days; in how many days can all three do the work together?
n
Sol. As per the formula, required days
1 : Ram will do a piece of work in 15 days;
what part of work will he do in two days? 30 15 10
Sol. Here, Man × Days = Man days [30 15 15 10 30 10]
1 × 15 = 15, as given work will take 15 days
Therefore in one day, = 4500 5 days
900
1
th of the work will be done If A can finish a work in x days and B in y days and A, B and
15
and in 2 days C together in s day then :
1 2 sxy
2 of the work will be done. C can finish the work alone in
15 15 xy sy sx
A is twice as good a work man as B, then he will finish the
work in half the time sx
B + C can finish in and
x s
2 : Ram is twice as good as Shyam in work;
Shyam will do a piece of work in 30 days; in how many days Ram sy
will do the work? A + C can finish in
y s
Sol. Since Ram is twice as good,
30 PIPES AND CISTERNS
he will do the work in 15 days
2 Pipes and cisterns problems use the same principles as of time
If A and B can do a piece of work in X and Y days and work. Here a pipe connected with a cistern is called an inlet
respectively while working alone, they will together take pipe to fill it or an outlet pipe to empty it.
xy
days to complete it.
(x y)
Time and Work
Quicker Method to solve Questions on Pipes n m
and in one hour n m th part of the cistern will be
and Cisterns
If an inlet pipe can fill a cistern in A hours, the part filled in 1 filled/ emptied. (same as time and work)
1 6 : There are two pipes (inlet and outlet)
hour = (same as work and time fundamentals) attached with a tank of 1000 litres. The inlet pipe can fill the
A
tank in 2 hrs. The outlet pipe can empty the tank in 4 hrs. What
If pipe A is 'x' times bigger than pipe B , then pipe A will take is the time required to fill the tank in case both are open? In one
1 hour what part of the tank will be filled?
of the time taken by pipe B to fill the cistern. Sol. For Inlet pipe, time to fill the tank = 2 hrs
x th
For Outlet pipe, time to empty the tank = 4 hrs
5 : It takes 4 hrs for pipe A to empty a 100 Time to fill the tank
liter tank; if another pipe B which is double the size of pipe A is
employed, how long will it take to empty the tank? 2 4 8
= = 4 hrs
Sol. Since the Pipe is double the size, 4 2 2
1 1 1 1
it will take time of the time taken by the smaller pipe Net part filled/emptied in one hour th
2 2 4 4
1 part of the tank, which is obvious from the earlier result.
Therefore 4 = 2 hrs
2 If an inlet pipe fills a cistern in 'a' minutes and takes 'x'
If an inlet pipe can fill a tank in a hours and an outlet pipe minutes longer to fill the cistern due to a leak in the
empties the full tank in b hours, then the net part filled in 1 cistern, then the time in which the leak will empty the
1 1 cistern is
hour when both the pipes are opened =
a b a
a (1 )
1 1 x
In 1 hour, the part filled (or emptied) =
a b 7 : There is a pipe attached with a tank of
ab 1000 liters. The inlet pipe can fill the tank in 2 hrs. There is a
Time required to fill or empty the tank = hours.
b a leak in the tank due to which it takes 2 hrs more to fill the
if both are open tank. In what time can the leak empty the tank?
If x and y fill/empty a cistern in 'm' and 'n' hours, then Sol. Time taken by pipe to empty the tank = 2 hrs
together they will take Extra time taken due to the leak = 2 hrs
By the formula, Time taken for the leak to empty the tank
mn
hours to fill/empty the cistern a
m n 2
= a (1 ) 2 1
x 2
= 2 × 2 = 4 hours
