A can complete a piece of work in 18 days and B can complete the same work in half of the time taken by A. Then, working together, what part of the same work they can complete in a day?
A student was asked to multiply a number by \[\frac{3}{2}\] but he divided that number\[\frac{3}{2}\] by. His result was therefore 10 less than the correct answer. Find the number.
A mixture contains alcohol and water in the ratio of 4 : 3. If 14 L of water is added to the mixture, the ratio of alcohol and water becomes 4 : 5. Find the quantity of alcohol in the mixture.
When an amount is distributed amongst 14 girls, each of them gets Rs. 160 more than the amount received by each girl in the condition when the same amount is distributed equally amongst 18 girls. Find the original amount.
A man spends 40% of his monthly salary on food and one - third of the remaining on transport. If he saves Rs. 4500 per month, which is equal to half the balance after spending on food and transport, his monthly salary is -
At a certain rate of simple interest an amount of Rs. 2000 becomes Rs. 2620 in 5 years. If the rate of interest had been 3% more, the same amount would have become
What will be the compound interest on a sum of Rs. 12, 000 after 3 years at the rate at which the sum increased upto 60 % in 6 years at simple interest?
Two vessels P and Q contain wine and water in the ratios of 5 : 2 and 8 : 5, respectively. Find the ratio in which these mixtures are to be mixed to get a new mixture containing wine and water in the ratio of 9 : 4.
Ramesh bought two boxes for Rs. 1300. He sold one box at a profit of 20% and the other box at a loss of 12%. If the selling price of both the boxes is same, find the cost price of each box.
Reeta forget the way while going to her uncle's house. She went 2 km South, then turned right and went 2 km West. She then turned right and walked 3 km, and again turned right and walked 1 km to reach her uncle's house. How far was her uncle's house from Reeta's house?
Two brothers were expected to return home on the same day. Rajat returned 3 days earlier but Rohit returned 4 days later. If Rajat returned on Thursday, then what was the expected day when both the brothers were to return home and when did Rohit return?
The ages of two friends A and B differ by 3 yr. A's father D is twice as old as A and B is twice as old as his sister C. The ages of C and D differ by 30 yr, then find the ages of A and B.
There are two triangles A and B. The angles of triangle A are in the ratio of 3 : 4 : 5 and the angles of triangle B are in the ratio of 5 : 6 : 7. What is the difference between largest angle of triangle A and the smallest angle of triangle B?
Rs. 2186 is distributed amongst A, B and C. If money given to them is decreased by Rs. 26, Rs. 28 and Rs. 32, respectively, then they have money in the ratio of 9 : 13 : 8. What is the amount given to B?
Salary of Mr. X is 80% of the salary of Mr. Y and the salary of Mr. Z is 120% of the salary of Mr. X. What is the ratio between the salaries of X, Y and Z, respectively?
A tradesman gives 4% discount on the marked price and gives 1 article free for buying every 15 articles and thus gains 35%. The marked price is above the cost price by:
A and B together can do a piece of work in 30 days, B and C together can do it in 20 days. A starts the work and works on it for 5 days, then B works for 15 days. Finally C finishes the work in 18 days. In how many days can C alone do the work?
The average speed of a train is 20% less on the return journey than on the onward journey. The train halts for half an hour at the destination station before starting on the return journey. If the total time taken for the ?to and fro? journey is 23 h, covering a distance of 1000 km, the speed of the train on the return journey is