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Aptitude · Q83

Time And Work

Competitive Exams · Aptitude · question 83

Q83

Sakshi can do a piece of work in 20 days. Tanya is 25% more efficient than Sakshi. The number of days taken by Tanya to do the same piece of work is:

A.
15
B.
16
Answer
C.
18
D.
25

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Ratio of times taken by Sakshi and Tanya
= 125 : 100
= 5 : 4
Suppose Tanya takes x days to do the work
5 : 4 :: 20 : x

⇒ x = 16 days
Hence, Tanya takes 16 days to complete the work