Formulas For Time and Work

Time and Work  Formulas

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Formulas For Work And Time

Formula's For Time and Work

Work from Days:

If A can do a piece of work in n days, then A’s one day work  = \frac{1}{n}

Days from work:

If A’s one day work = \frac{1}{n}, then A can finish the work in n days

Work Done by A and B

A and B can do a piece of work in ‘a’ days and ‘b’ days respectively.

When working together they will take \frac{ab}{a+b} days to finish the work

In one day, they will finish \frac{a+b}{ab}  part of work.

Ratio:

If A is thrice as good a workman as B, then:

Ratio of work done by A and B = 3: 1.

Ratio of times taken by A and B to finish a work = 1: 3

Efficiency:

Efficiency is inversely proportional to the

Time taken when the amount of work done is constant.

Efficiency α  = \frac{1}{Time Taken}

Rules for Time and Work

Rule 1: If A completes a piece of work in x days. And B can completes same piece of work in y days .

Then,

One day work of A = \frac{1}{x} One day work of B = \frac{1}{y}

Work done by A + B = \frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} = \frac{x+y}{xy}

Total time = \frac{xy}{x + y}

Rule 2: If A completes a piece of work in x days. B completes same piece of work in y days .C completes same piece of work in z days

Then,

One day work of A = \frac{1}{x}

One day work of B = \frac{1}{y}

One day work of C = \frac{1}{z}

Work done by A + B + C = \frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} + \frac{1}{z} = \frac{yz+xz+xy}{xyz}

Total time = \frac{xyz}{xy + yz + zx}.

Rule 3If M1 men can complete a work W1 in D1 days and M2 men can complete a work W2 in D2 days then, \frac{M_{1}D_{1}}{W_{1}} = \frac{M_{2}D_{2}}{W_{2}}  .

If Time required by Both M1 and M2 is T1 and T2 respectively, then relation is \frac{M_{1}D_{1}T_{1}}{W_{1}} = \frac{M_{2}D_{2}T_{2}}{W_{2}}

Rule 4:  If A alone can complete a certain work in ‘x’ days and A and B together can do the same amount of work in ‘y’ days,

Work done by b =\frac{1}{y} – \frac{1}{x} = \frac{x-y}{xy}

Then B alone can do the same work in \frac{xy}{(x-y)} days

Rule 5: If A and B can do work in ‘x’ days.

If B and C can do work in ‘y’ days.

If C and A can do work in ‘z’ days.

Work done by A,B and C = \left ( \frac{1}{2}\right )\left ( \frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}+\frac{1}{z} \right )

Total time taken when A, B, and C work together \frac{2xyz}{ ( xy+yz+zx )}

Rule 6: Work of one day = \frac{Total  work}{Total  number  of  working  days}

Total work = one day work × Total number of working days

Remaining work =  1 – work done

Work done by A = A’s one day work × Total number of working days of A

Rule 7:If A can finish \frac{m}{n} part of the work in D days.

Then total time taken to finish the work by A = \frac{D}{\frac{m}{n}} = \frac{n}{m} × D days

Rule 8:

If A can do a work in ‘x’ days

B can do the same work in ‘y’ days

When they started working together, B left the work ‘m’ days before completion then total time taken to complete the work = (y+m)x/(x+y)

Rule 9: A and B finish work in a days.

They work together for ‘b days and then A or B left the work.

B or A finished the rest of the work in ‘d’ days.

Total time taken by A or B alone to complete the work = \frac{ad}{a – b} or \frac{bd}{a-b}

Questions based on above formulas:

Question 1: A construction crew of 8 workers can build a house in 24 days. How many days will it take for 12 workers to build the same house?

Answer: Let the amount of work required to build the house be represented as “1 house.”
8 workers can build the house in = 24 days
Day taken by 12 workers to build the house = \frac{8 \times 24}{12}

= {8 \times 2}

= 16 days

Question 2: A bakery can bake 180 cakes in 6 days. How many cakes can it bake in 10 days?

Answer: Let the rate of work for the bakery be the number of cakes baked per day.
The bakery’s rate of work = 180 cakes / 6 days = 30 cakes/day.
 Number of cakes baked in 10 days = 30 cakes/day * 10 days = 300 cakes.
 
Question 3: If 15 painters can paint a house in 9 days, how many days will it take for 9 painters to paint the same house?

Answer: Let the amount of work required to paint the house be represented as “1 house.”
Time taken by 15 painters to paint a house = 9 days

Time taken by 9 painters to paint the same house =

\frac{15 \times 9}{9}

= {15 \times 1}

= 15 days

 

Question 4: A machine can produce 240 widgets in 5 days. How long will it take for the machine to produce 600 widgets?

Answer: Let the rate of work for the machine be the number of widgets produced per day.
The machine’s rate of work = 240 widgets / 5 days = 48 widgets/day.
Time taken to produce 600 widgets = 600 widgets / 48 widgets/day = 12.5 days.

 
Question 5 : If a team of 6 workers can complete a project in 18 days, how many workers are needed to complete the project in 9 days?

 Answer: Let the amount of work required for the project be represented as “1 project.”
 Time taken by 6 workers to complete the work in = 18 days
 Let there be X workers to complete the same work in 9 days
X =  \frac{6 \times 18}{9}
X = 6 \times 2
X = 12 workers

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