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116. A is 30% more efficient than B. How much time will they, working together, take to complete a job which A alone could have done in 23 days?

[A]. 11 days
[B]. 13 days
[C].20 3 days 17
[D]. None of these
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Ratio of times taken by A and B = 100 : 130 = 10 : 13.
Suppose B takes x days to do the work.

Then, 10 : 13 :: 23 : x         x =

23 x 13

        x =
299
.

10
10

A’s 1 day’s work =
1
;

23

B’s 1 day’s work =
10
.

299

(A + B)’s 1 day’s work =

1
+
10

=
23
=
1
.

23
299
299
13

Therefore, A and B together can complete the work in 13 days.

118. A is thrice as good as workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 60 days less than B. Working together, they can do it in:

[A]. 20 days
[B]. 22 1 days 2
[C]. 25 days
[D]. 30 days
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Ratio of times taken by A and B = 1 : 3.

The time difference is (3 – 1) 2 days while B take 3 days and A takes 1 day.

If difference of time is 2 days, B takes 3 days.

If difference of time is 60 days, B takes

3
x 60

= 90 days.

2

So, A takes 30 days to do the work.

A’s 1 day’s work =
1

30

B’s 1 day’s work =
1

90

(A + B)’s 1 day’s work =

1
+
1

=
4
=
2

30
90
90
45

A and B together can do the work in
45
= 22
1
days.

2
2

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