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One simple technique is using days in denominator while solving questions. For
example, A can do a job in 3 days and B can do the same job in 6 days. In how
much time they can do the job together.
Solution - 1/3 + 1/6 = 1/2, hence 2 days is the answer.
Examiner can set the question in opposite way and can ask you how much time
A or B alone will take to complete the job. It is quite easy to calculate said
question by putting values in equation we arrived in above question.
You need to understand one simple concept - If A can do a job in 10 day then in
one day A can do 1/10th of job.
SHORTCUT
Best trick that I use in exams myself is by finding the efficiency of workers in
percent. If A can do a job in 2 days then he can do 50% in a day.
Number of days
required to complete the work
Efficiency in
Percent
1/n
100/n
1/1
100%
1/2
50%
1/3
33.33%
1/4
25%
1/5
20%
1/6
16.66%
1/7
14.28%
1/8
12.5%
1/9
11.11%
10
1/10
10%
11
1/11
9.09%
#1
A and B together can do a job in 4 days.If A can do job in 12 days if he works
alone ,then how many days B alone take to complete the job?
#2
A and B can do job in 8 days. B and C can do same job in 12 days.A,B and C
together can do same job in 6 days.In how many days A and C together can
complete the job?
#3
A is twice as efficient as B and can complete a job in 30 days before B.In how
much they can complete the job together?
#4
#5
A can do a certain work in the same time in which B and C together can do it.If
A and B together could do it in 10 days and C alone in 50 days then B alone
could do it in?
#6
A work twice as fast as B. I f B can complete a work in 12 days
independently,the number of days in which A and B can together finish the work
in?
#7
20 Women can do a work in 16 days.Sixteen men can complete the same work
in 15 days.What is the ration between the capacity of a man and a woman?
#8
A and B together can complete a piece of work in 4 days.If A alone can
complete the same work in 12 days,in how many days can B alone complete
that work?
#9
A,Band C can do a piece of work in 36,54 and 72 days respectively.they started
the work but A left 8 days before the completion of the work while B left 12
days before the completion.The number of days for which C worked is?
#10
Ten Women can complete a work in 7 days and 10 children take 14 days to
complete the work.How many days will 5 women and 10 children take to
complete the work?
#11
12 Men complete a work in 9 days.After they have worked for 6 days,6 more
men joined them.How many days will they take to complete the remaining
work?
#12
A,B and C together earn Rs.300 per day,while A and C together earn Rs.188 and
B and C together earn Rs.152.the daily earning of C is?
FORMULAE:
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4.
Speed = Distance/Time
Time = Distance/Speed
Distance = Speed Time
If the speed of a body is changed in the ratio a : b, then the ratio of
the time taken changes in the ratio b : a.
5. m km/hr = [m 5/18] m/sec.
6. m metres/sec = [m 18/5] km/hr.
I recommend you to watch the following concept video before solving the
questions.
Question 1.
Express a speed of 18 km/hr in metres per second.
THEOREM
If a certain distance is covered at m km/hr and the same distance is covered at n
km/hr then the average speed during the whole journey is 2mn/(m+n) km/hr.
Question 3.
Rakesh covers a certain distance by car driving at 70 km/hr and he returns to the
starting point riding on a scooter at 55 km/hr. Find his average speed for the
whole journey.
Question 4.
Raju covers distance between his house and office on scooter. Having an average
speed of 30 km/hr, he is late by 10 min. However, with a speed of 40 km/hr, he
reaches his office 5 min earlier. Find the distance between his house and office.
Question 5.
A man walking with a speed of 5 km/hr reaches his target 5 minutes late. If he
walks at a speed at a speed of 6 km/hr, he reaches on time. Find the distance of
his target from his house.
Question 6.
A boy goes to school at a speed of 3 km/hr and returns to the village at a of 2
km/hr. if he takes 5 hrs in all, what is the distance between the village and the
school?
CONCEPTS
1) There is a relationship between speed, distance and time:
Speed = Distance / Time OR
Distance = Speed* Time
2) Average Speed = 2xy / x+y
where x km/hr is a speed for certain distance and y km/hr is a speed at for
same distance covered.
**** Remember that average speed is not just an average of two speeds i.e.
x+y/2. It is equal to 2xy / x+y
3) Always remember that during solving questions units must be same. Units
can be km/hr, m/sec etc.
**** Conversion of km/ hr to m/ sec and m/ sec to km/ hr
x km/ hr = (x* 5/18) m/sec i.e. u just need to multiply 5/18
Similarly, x m/sec = (x*18/5) km/sec
4) As we know, Speed = Distance/ Time. Now, if in questions Distance is
constant then speed will be inversely proportional to time i.e. if speed
increases ,time taken will decrease and vice versa.
Problem 2: A boy travelling from his home to school at 25 km/hr and came
back at 4 km/hr. If whole journey took 5 hours 48 min. Find the distance of
home and school.
Problem 3: Two men start from opposite ends A and B of a linear track
respectively and meet at point 60m from A. If AB= 100m. What will be the ratio
of speed of both men?
Solution: According to this question, time is constant. Therefore, speed is
directly proportional to distance.
SpeedDistance
Problem 4: A car travels along four sides of a square at speeds of 200, 400,
600 and 800 km/hr. Find average speed.
Solution: Let x km be the side of square and y km/hr be average speed
Using basic formula, Time = Total Distance / Average Speed
x/200 + x/400 + x/600 + x/800 = 4x/y 25x/ 2400 = 4x/ y y= 384
Average speed = 384 km/hr
1.
How many minutes Raman will take to cover a distance of 400 meters if he runs at
a speed of 20 km/hr ?
A.
2 mins
C.
1 mins
E.
1.5 mins
B.
2.5 mins
D.
None of these
Answer & Explanation
Answer : [C]
Explanation :
Raman's speed = 20 km/hr = 20 5/18 = 50/9 m/sec
400 9/50 = 1 mins
2.
John travelled from his town to city. John went to city by bicycle at the speed of
25 km/h and came back at the speed of 4 km/h. If John took 5 hours and 48 min
to complete his journey, what is the distance between town and city ?
A.
15 km
C.
20 km
B.
22 km
D.
25 km
Answer : [C]
Explanation :
Average speed of John = 2xy/x+y = 2 25 4 / 25 + 4= 200/29 km/h
Distance traveled = Speed Time = 200/29 29/5 = 40 Km
Distance between city and town = 40/2 = 20 km
3.
Speed of a train is 20 meters per second. It can cross a pole in 10 seconds. What is
the length of train ?
A.
150 m
C.
200 m
B.
250 m
D.
300 m
Answer : [C]
Explanation :
Lenght of train = 20 10 = 200 meters
4.
Ram walks at a speed of 12 km/h. Today the day was very hot so walked at of
his average speed. He arrived his school 10 minutes late. Find the usual time he
takes to cover distance between his school and home ?
A.
40 mins
C.
50 mins
B.
45 mins
D.
60 mins
Answer : [C]
Explanation :
If Ram is walking at of his usual speed that means he is taking 6/5 of using time.
6/5 of usual time - usual time = 10 mins
1/5 of usual time = 10 mins
Usual time = 50 mins
5.
A car running at 65 km/h takes one hour to cover a distance. If the speed is
reduced by 15 km/hour then in how much time it will cover the distance ?
A.
72 mins
C.
76 mins
B.
78 mins
D.
None of these
Answer : [B]
Explanation :
Reduced speed = 65-15 = 50 km/h
Now car will take 65/50 60 mins = 78 mins
6.
In a 100 m race A runs at a speed of 1.66 m/s. If A gives a start of 4m to B and
still beats him by 12 seconds. What is the speed of B ?
A.
1 m/s
C.
1.25 m/s
B.
1.33 m/s
D.
Rs 1.5 m/s
Answer : [B]
Explanation :
Time taken by A to cover 100 meters = 60 seconds
Since A gives a start of 4 seconds then time takes by B = 72 seconds
B takes 72 seconds to cover 96 meters
Speed of B = 96/72 = 1.33 m/s
7.
In a kilometer race, A beats B by 100 meters. B beats C by 100 meters. By how
much meters does A beat C in the same race ?
A.
200 meters
C.
190 meters
B.
180 meters
D.
210 meters
Answer : [C]
Explanation :
While A covers 1000 meters, B can cover 900 meters
While B covers 1000 meters, C can cover 900 meters
Lets assume that all three of them are running same race. So when B runs 900 meters, C can run 900
9/10 =810
So A can beat C by 190 meters.
Problems on Trains chapter is almost same as TIME AND DISTANCE. The only
difference is that the length of the moving object is also considered.
36 km/hr
36 5/18
10 m/sc.
6. Two trains are moving in the same direction at 50 km/hr and 30 km/hr. The
faster train crosses a man in the slower train in 18 seconds. Find the length of
the faster train.
The important thing in any kind of Age Problem, is to decide which age
present or past or future to be taken as x!
Let us make a simple rule for ourselves the x should be the
present age always.
In most cases, taking the present age as x, i.e., the base year works just
fine. Past will become, say (x-5) years, and future can be denoted as
(x+5).
But sometimes, present age is not directly given in words. Then, take
x to be the age you are supposed to find.
You can also try putting yourself in someones place and try to calculate
the age!
Question 3: At present, the ratio between the ages of Amar and Norman is
4:3. After 6 years, Amars age will be 26 years. What is the age of Norman at
present?
Solution. Whos present age do we need to find? Normans.
But they have also have given the ration of present ages, 4:3.
So we can use x to denote both their present ages to be 4x and 3x, i.e.,
Amars and Normans respectively.
Next, Amars age 6 years later, = (4x + 6) = 26.
x = 5 years.
Normans present age = 3x = 3 x 5 = 15 years.
Question 4: The ratio of the fathers age to the sons age is 4:1 the product of
their ages is 196. What will the ratio of their ages after 5 years?
Ans.: 11:4
Question 5: Sams age is one-fourth of his fathers age and two-third of his
sister Ritas. What is the ratio of the ages of Sam, Rita and their father
respectively?
Ans.: 2:3:8
worthy question!]
Ans.: 11years
Question 7: Present age of Vinny is 8 lesser than Amus present age. If 3 years
ago Amus age was X, what will be Vinnys present age?
Ans.: (X-5) years
Question 8: The ratio between the present ages of P and R is 5:3. The ratio
between Ps age four years ago and Rs age four years hence is 1:1. What is the
ratio between Ps age 4 years hence and Bs age four years ago? [Hence means
future. And this is one gem of a question!]
Ans.: 3:1
Question 9: The ratio between the present ages of Doom and Room is 2:3. 4
years ago the ratio between their ages was 5:8. What will be Dooms age after 7
years?
Ans.: 31 years
Question 10: The age of Rani is 5 times the age of her daughter. After 12
years the age of Rani will be thrice the age of her daughter. Find the present
age of Ranis daughter.
Ans.: 12 years.
Age problems are one of the most common topics in IBPS, CAT, GMAT and
otherbanks exams. Students waste lots of time in this question as it look very
simple but when they start solving with triditional methods, it takes a lot of
time. Today I am solving few solving with shortcut trick. In case of any problem,
please comment below.
Best way to solve Age questions is to assume fixed period with which further
conditions will be compared. For example taking 2000 as fixed year.
Example 2
Rahul was 4 times old as his son 8 years back and he will be 2 times old as his
son after 8 years. Calculate Rahul and his son's age.
To solve the problems based on ages, you need to have knowledge of linear
equations. This method needs some basic concepts as well as some more time
than it deserves. Sometimes it is easier to solve the problems by taking the
given choices in account. But this hit-and-trial method proves costly sometimes,
when we reach our solution much later. We have tried to evaluate some easier
as well as quicker methods to solve this type of questions. Although we are not
able to cover each type of questions in this section, our attempt is to minimize
your difficulties.
I have already shared a trick related to this chapter here.
Ques 1.
The age of the father 3 years ago was 7 times the age of his son. At present the
fathers age is five times that of his son. What are the present ages of the father
and son?
Ques 2.
At present the age of the father is five times that age of his son.Three years
hence, the fathers age would be four times that of his son. Find the present
ages of the father and son.
Ques 3.
Three years earlier the father was 7 times as old as his son. Three years hence
the fathers age would be four times that of his son. What are the present ages
of the father and son?
3 yrs hence
Quicker Method:
Ques 4.
10 yrs ago, Sitas mother was 4 times older than her daughter. After 10 yrs, the
mother will be twice older than the daughter. What is the present age of Sita?
Ques 5.
One years ago the ratio between Samirs age and Ashoks age was 4 : 3. One
year hence the ratio of their ages will be 5 : 4. What is the sum of their present
ages in yrs.