CAT (QA) PYQs

Bob can finish a job in $40$ days, if he works alone. Alex is twice as fast as Bob and thrice as fast as Cole in the same job. Suppose Alex and Bob work together on the first day, Bob and Cole work together on the second day, Cole and Alex work together on the third day, and then, they continue the work by repeating this three- day roster, with Alex and Bob working together on the fourth day, and so on. Then, the total number of days Alex would have worked when the job gets finished, is

When they work alone, $B$ needs $25 \%$ more time to finish a job than $A$ does. They two finish the job in $13$ days in the following manner: $A$ works alone till half the job is done, then $A$ and $B$ work together for four days, and finally $B$ works alone to complete the remaining $5\%$ of the job. In how many days can $B$ alone finish the entire job?

A tank is emptied everyday at a fixed time point. Immediately thereafter, either pump $A$ or pump $B$ or both start working until the tank is full. On Monday, $A$ alone completed filling the tank at $8 \mathrm{pm}$. On Tuesday, B alone completed filling the tank at $6 \mathrm{pm}$. On Wednesday, $A$ alone worked till $5 \mathrm{pm}$, and then B worked alone from $5 \mathrm{pm}$ to $7 \mathrm{pm}$, to fill the tank. At what time was the tank filled on Thursday if both pumps were used simultaneously all along?