Latest HCL Aptitude Question SOLUTION: Suppose 8 monkeys take 8 minutes to eat 8 bananas. a) How many minutes would it take 3 monkeys to eat 3 bananas? (b) How many monkeys would it take to eat 48 bananas in 48 minutes

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Suppose 8 monkeys take 8 minutes to eat 8 bananas.
a) How many minutes would it take 3 monkeys to eat 3 bananas?
(b) How many monkeys would it take to eat 48 bananas in 48 minutes
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Asked In HCL sushmita (11 years ago)

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lakshmi  (11 years ago)

8 monkeys take 8 minutes to eat 8 bananas means each monkey takes 8 min for 1 banana
in 48 mins one monkey can eat 6 bananas....which means that 8 monkeys can eat 48 bananas in 48 minutes
so answer is 8 monkeys

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amit kumar  (11 years ago)

there r equal no. of monkeys and equal no. of bananas and they take equal time and the time is 8 mint to eat a banana so each monkey take 8 mints to eat a bananana so 3 monkeys will take 8 mints to eat 3 banananas.

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Deepali   (11 years ago)

(n1*t1)/w1=(n2*t2)/w2
n1=8 monkeys t1=time w1=work=banana
so, 8*8/8=3*x/3
x=8 is d ans.

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kowsalya devi  (11 years ago)

(m1*t1)/w1=(m2*t2)/w2
(8*8)/8=(3*x)/3=8
(8*8)/8=(x*48)/48=8
so the ans is 8

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Danteshkumar  (9 years ago)

i think my solution is
6 monkeys enough to eat 48 because for each one it take 8 mins

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k chaudhuri  (8 years ago)

a)8 mins
b)8 monkeys
a) 8 monkey 8 banana 8 min
1 "" 8 "" (8*8)min
1 "" 1"" (8*8)/8= 8 min
3 "" 1"" 8/3 min
3"" 3"" (8*3)/3= 8 min
b) 8 banana 8 min 8 monkeys
8 banana 1 min 8*8 monkeys
1 banana 1 min 8*8/8 monkeys =8 monkeys
48 " 1 min 8*48
48 " 48 min (8*48)/48=8 monkeys

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seema  (11 years ago)

Each monkey take 8 min. to eat 8 bananas.
a) 3 monkeys take 3 min. to eat 3 bananas.
b) 48/8=6, so 6 monkeys take 48 min. to eat 48 bananas

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narendra  (9 years ago)

(m1*t1)/w1=(m2*t2)/w2
(8*8)/8=(3*x)/3=8
(8*8)/8=(x*48)/48=8
so the ans is 8

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suheab  (11 years ago)

lakshmi 6 monkeys enough to eat 48 bananas

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Koustav Chakraborty  (9 years ago)

i think if 8 of each monkey takes 8 mint to finish a banana ..so to finish 48 banana 6 monkey is needed ...

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vikaskumar jaisal  (8 years ago)

the 8 monkeys enough to eat 48 bananas in 48 minutes
and 3 monkeys eat 3 bananas in 8 minutes

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MANIAKANDAN  (8 years ago)

ans: a) 3 min b)48.
sol: 8m 8m 8b so 1mon take 1 min to eat 1 baanana

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Aditya singh panwar  (7 years ago)

If 8 monkeys take 8 minutes to eat 8 bananas, then 1 monkey takes 8 minutes to eat 1 banana.

So 3 monkeys will take 8 minutes to eat 3 bananas.

1 monkey can eat 1 banana in 8 minutes, so 1 monkey can eat 6 bananas in 48 (8 x 6) minutes. Therefore, 8 monkeys can eat 48 bananas in 48 minutes

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BHUPENDRA PRATAP SINGH  (7 years ago)

8 monkeys take 8 mins to eat 8 bananas.
so, 1 monkey take 8 min to eat 1 banana.
Hence 3 monkey will also take 8 minutes to eat 3 bananas.
if 1 monkey eats for 48 mins it will eat 6 bananas
there are 48 bananas, so we need 8 monkeys giving 6 bananas each.

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