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)Pepe can paint a wall 50% faster than John and 20% faster than Abner and together they can
paint a given wall in 4 hrs. How long will it take John to paint the same wall if he had to work
alone?
Ans: 10hrs
2.)Nancy can finish a certain job in 10 days if Imy will help her for 6 days. The same job can be
done by Imy in 12 days if Nancy will hep her for 6 days . If they work together how long will it
take them to finish the job?
Ans: 8.4 days
3.)A pump can out a tank in 11 hours. Another pump can out the pump in 20 hours. How long
will it take both pumps together to pump out the tank?
Ans: 7.09677 hrs.
4.)One pipe can fill a tank in 4.5 hours another pipe can fill it for 3.6 hours. A drain pipe can
empty the tank for 27 hrs. With all the pipe open, how long will it take to fill the tank?
Ans: 2.16 hrs
5.)Renzo can wash his car for 19 minutes, while his friend Ray takes twice as long to do the same
job. If they work together how many minutes can they do the washing?
Ans: 12.66 minutes
6.)6.) A tank can be filled through an inlet and drained through its outlet in a total of 9 hours. If
water enters through its inlet and simultaneously allowed to leave through its outlet, the pool
is filled in 8.7 hours. Find how long will it take to fill the tank if the outlet is closed?
Ans: 3.405
7.)A job can be done by 13 workers in 15 days. Five workers started the job. They were
reinforced with 6 more workers at the 7th day. Find the total number of days it took them to
finish the job.
Ans: 21
8.)On one project, two backhoes excavate 100,000 m^3 of earth, the larger backhoe working for
40 hours and the smaller for 35 hours. Another job, they removed 200,000 m^3 with the
larger backhoe working for 70 hours and the smaller one for 90 hours. How much earth can
the larger backhoe move in one hour?
1739.13 m^3
9.)Renzo left Tagum to drive to davao at 6:30pm and arrived at 8:45pm. If he averaged 61 km/hr
and stopped 1 hour for dinner, how far is Davao from Tagum?
Ans: 76.25km
10.) A man fires a target for 520 meters and hears the bullet strike 2 seconds after he pulled
the trigger. An observer 555 m away from the target and 444 m from the man heard the
bullet strike the target one second after he heard the report of the gun. Find the velocity of
the bullet.
Ans: 713.69 m/s
11. Willy can run for 440-yard track in 60 seconds. How long does it take Mike to run the track if
they meet in 32 seconds after they start together in a race around the track in opposite
direction?
Ans:68.57 secs
12.) A Man rows downstream at the rate of 5 mph and upstream at the rate of 2mph. How
far downstream should he go if he is to return in 7/4 hours after leaving?
Ans – 2.5mi
13.) A jogger starts a course at a steady rate of 10 kph. Five minutes later, a second jogger
the same course at 20 kph. How long will it take for the second jogger to catch the first?
14.) An airplane takes 2/3 as much time to travel with the wind from C to D, as to return. If
the rate of the wind’s velocity is 100 kph, what is the speed of the boat in still air?