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10 men, working 6 hours a day can complete a work in 18 days. How many hours a day must 15 men work to complete the work in 12 days ?

4 hours a day
5 hours a day
6 hours a day
7 hours a day

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

More Men, Less Hours {Indirect Proportion}
Less Days, More Hours {Indirect Proportion}
\begin{aligned}
\begin{bmatrix}Men & 15 & 10 \\Days & 12 & 18 \end{bmatrix} :: 6 : x \\
=> x * 15 * 12 = 10 * 18 * 6 \\
=> x = \frac{10*18*6}{15*12} \\
=> x = 6
\end{aligned}

1. If the price of 23 toys is 276, then what will the price of 12 toys ?

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Less toys, Less Price (Direct Proportion)
So, let the price be Rs. x
then,
\begin{aligned}
23:12 :: 276:x
=> x = \frac{276*12}{23} \\
=> x = 144
\end{aligned}

So price of 12 toys will be Rs. 144

2. If the cost of x metres of wire is d rupees, then what is the cost of y metres of wire at the same rate ?

xd
yd
yd/x
x/yd

Answer: Option C

3. A flagstaff 17.5 metre high casts a shadow of length 40.25 metre. The height of building, which casts a shadow of length 28.75 metre under similar conditions will be :

12 metre
12.5 metre
13.5 metre
14 metre

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Less shadow, Less Height (Direct Proportion)
So, let height of building be x metre
then,
\begin{aligned}
40.25 : 17.5 :: 28.75 : x \\

=> x = \frac{17.5*28.75}{40.25} \\
=> x = 12.5
\end{aligned}

So height of building should be 12.5 metre

4. If 16 toys cost 240, then what do 40 toys cost ?

Rs. 600
Rs. 620
Rs. 640
Rs. 660

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Although we can first calculate the cost of one toy and then can multiply it with 40 to get the result.
but we will solve it with chain rule so that we can prepare ourself for other complex problems which we can solve easily by applying this rule.

Let the required cost be Rs. x
More toys means More Cost. (Direct Proportion)

\begin{aligned}
15:40 :: 240:x \\
=> x = \frac{240*40}{15} \\
=> x = 640
\end{aligned}

So 40 toys will cost Rs 640

5. An industrial loom weaves 0.128 metres of cloth every second. Approximately, how many seconds will it take for the loom to weave 25 metre of cloth ?

194 seconds
195 seconds
196 seconds
197 seconds

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Let the time required by x seconds.
Then, More cloth means More time (Direct Proportion)
So,
\begin{aligned}
0.128 : 1 :: 25 : x
=> x = \frac{25*1}{0.128} \\
=> x = 195.31
\end{aligned}

So time will be approx 195 seconds