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The charges per hour of internet surfing is increased by 25% then find the percentage decrease in the time period of surfing user (a net savy) who can afford only 10% increase in expenditure:

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Ram Lal is a renowned packager of fruits in Varanasi. He packs 70 mangoes or 56 guavas every day working 7 hours a day. His wife also helps him. She packs 30 mangoes or 24 guavas working 6 hours per day. Ram Lal has to pack 3300 mangoes and 2400 guavas with help of his wife. They works alternately, each day 10 hours. His wife started packaging firs day and works every alternate days. Similarly, Ram Lal started his work second day and and worked alternatively till the completion of the work. In how many days the work will finished?

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A group of men decided to do a job in 4 days. But since 20 men dropped out every day, the job completed at the end of the 7th day. How many men were there at the beginning?

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Two persons having different productivity of labour, working together can reap a field in 2 days. If one-third of the field was reaped by the first man and rest by the other one working alternatively took 4 days. How long did it take for the faster person to reap the whole field working alone?

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A group of workers was put on a job. From second day onwards, one worker was withdrawn each day. The job was finished when the last worker was withdrawn. Had no worker been withdrawn at any stage, the group would have finished the job in 55% of the time. How many workers were there in the group?

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A single reservoir supplies the petrol to the whole city, while the reservoir is fed by a single pipeline filling the reservoir with the stream of uniform volume. When the reservoir is full and if 40, 000 litres of petrol is used daily, the supply fails in 90 days. If 32, 000 litres of petrol used daily, it fails in 60 days. How much petrol can be used daily without the supply ever failing?

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Working together B and C take 50% more number of days than A, B and C together take and A and B working together, take more number of days than A, B and C take together. If A, B and C all have worked together till the completion of the work and B has received Rs. 120 out of total earnings of Rs. 450, then in how many days did A, B and C together complete the whole work?

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Two men and women are entrusted with a task. The second man needs three hours more to cope up with the job than the second man and the woman would need working together. The first man, working alone, would need as much time as second man and the woman working together. The first man working alone, would spend eight hours less than the double period of the time second man would spend working alone. How much time would the two men and the women need to complete the task if they all asked together?

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At a Tech Pvt Ltd. there are some engineering students employed as trainee engineers, belong to two eminent institutions of India. One group belongs to IIT and another to NIT. Each student of IIT works for 10 hours a day till 60 days and each student of NIT works for 8 hours a day till 80 days on the two same project. The ratio of students of IIT and that of NIT is 4:5 respectively. Students of which institution is slower in work and by how much?

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42 women can do a piece of work in 18 days, How many women would be required do the same work in 21 days.

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A is thrice good a workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 40 days less than B. Working together they can do it in:

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A and B can compete a piece of work in 18 days. They worked together for 12 days and then A left. B alone finished the work in 15 days. If Rs. 1500 be paid for the work then A's share is:

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If 3 men or 4 women can plough a field in 43 days, how long will 7 men and 5 women take to plough it?

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To complete a piece of work A and B take 8 days, B and C 12 days. A, B and C take 6 days. A and C will take :

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Two pipes can fill the cistern in 10hr and 12 hr respectively, while the third empty it in 20hr. If all pipes are opened simultaneously, then the cistern will be filled in:

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Three taps A, B and C together can fill an empty cistern in 10 minutes. The tap A alone can fill it in 30 minutes and the tap B alone in 40 minutes. How long will the tap C alone take to fill it?

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A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 9 and 15 days respectively. If they work for a day alternately, with A beginning, then the work will be completed in:

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Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 36 min. and 45 min. respectively. Another pipe C can empty the tank in 30 min. First A and B are opened. After 7 minutes, C is also opened. The tank filled up in:

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Three men A, B, C working together can do a job in 6 hours less time than A alone, in one hour less time than B alone and in one half the time needed by C when working alone. Then A and B together can do the job in:

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A does half as much work as B in one -sixth of the time.If together they take 10 days to complete a work, how much time shall B take to do it alone?

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