Instructions

Each of these questions have a question followed by information given in three statements I, II and III. You have to study the question along with the information in three statements and decide that the information in which of the statement(s) is/are necessary to answer the question ?

Question 126

In how many days can the work be completed by 10 women ?
I. 5 men can complete the work in 8 days
II. 6 men and 4 women together can complete the work in 5 days
III. One man and one women together can do thrice the work done by a women in one day.

Solution

Let the amount of work done by a woman in a day be W and let the amount of work done by a man in a day be M.
We need to find the value of W to be able to find the number of days it takes 10 women to finish the work.

Statement 1 implies that: $$5M = \frac{1}{8}$$
So, $$M=\frac{1}{40}$$

Statement 2 implies that: $$6M+4W = \frac{1}{5}$$

Statement 3 implies that $$M+W = 3W => M=2W$$

Clearly using just one statement, we can't find the value of W. But using any pair of statements, we can find the value of W as shown below.

Using Statement 1 and 2: $$M=\frac{1}{40}$$ and $$6M+4W = \frac{1}{5}$$
So, $$\frac{6}{40}+4W=\frac{1}{5}$$
So, $$4W = \frac{1}{20}$$ or $$W=\frac{1}{80}$$
So, 1 woman can do the work in 80 days and 10 women can do the work in 8 days.

Using Statement 1 and 3: $$M=\frac{1}{40}$$ and $$M=2W$$
So, $$2W=\frac{1}{40}$$ or $$W=\frac{1}{80}$$
So, 1 woman can do the work in 80 days and 10 women can do the work in 8 days.

Using Statement 2 and 3: $$M=2W$$ and $$6M+4W = \frac{1}{5}$$
So, $$12W+4W = \frac{1}{5}$$ or $$16W=\frac{1}{5}$$
So, $$W=\frac{1}{80}$$
So, 1 woman can do the work in 80 days and 10 women can do the work in 8 days.

As can be seen above, the question can be answered using any two statements of the three.


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