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If 10 lions can kill 10 deers in 10 minutes how long will it take 100 lions to kill 100 deers
(a) 1 minutes (b) 10 minute (c) 100 minutes (d) 10000 minutes

Asked In TCS Sneh (9 years ago)

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dhruv  (9 years ago)

we can try the logic of time and work,our work is to kill the deers so 10(lions)*10(min)/10(deers)=100(lions)*x(min)/100(deers)hence answer is x=10

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vinusha reddy  (9 years ago)

b-10 min
given 10 lions can kill 10 deers in 10 min then
1 lion can kill 1 deer in 1/10 min
similalrly 100 lions can kill 100 deers in 100/10 min i.e,10 min

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Arpit goel  (9 years ago)

answer:10
(10*10)/10=(100*x)/100
so x=10

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Supriya_kamkar  (9 years ago)

Time taken by each lion is independent of other lions.So time taken by 10 lion to kill 100 deers=time taken by 100 lions to kill 100 deers = 10 deers->10 min
100 deers->100 min
so option (c)100min

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Anjali Kumari  (9 years ago)

10 lions kill 10 deers in 10 minutes
1 " " " " " 10*10 "
1 " " 1 " " 10*10/10
100 " " 1 " " (10*10)/(10*100)
100 " " 100 " " (10*10*100)/(10*100)=10minutes
answer is (b)

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Ankit  (9 years ago)

suppose x is the required result
formula work = men*days(time)

so 10/100 = (10*10)/(100*x)
x=10 min answer

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priyanka   (9 years ago)

10 LIONS CAN KILL 10 DEERS 10 MINT
100 LIONS CAN KILL 100 DEERS IN 10 MINT

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Somnath Mondal  (9 years ago)

(b) is the ans...according to the question 10 mnts required to kill one deer for a lion.. so 100 lions takes same time. what one lion takes....

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rimsha naaz  (9 years ago)

10 min ...time will not change ,however quantity may be changed

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Saroj kumar  (9 years ago)

Option .(b)

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vikas kesarwani  (9 years ago)

vikas
we can try the logic of time and work,our work is to kill the deers so 10(lions)*10(min)/10(deers)=100(lions)*x(min)/100(deers)hence answer is x=10

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mamta  (9 years ago)

10 minutes

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ARCHIE GUPTA  (9 years ago)

10 minutes

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chaman_amit  (9 years ago)

Ans. is 10

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Sneh  (9 years ago)

@Aprit: Can you explain the formula used in bit detail pls.

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saikumar  (9 years ago)

i think that...
10-->10-->10mints
so 100-->100-->
then 100/10*10=100mints

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sameeransar  (9 years ago)

b)10minutes

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mohit sharma  (9 years ago)

10 minutes

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LOKESH RANJAN  (9 years ago)

10 min,as 10 lions kills 10 deers in 10 min, so 100 lions also kills 100 deers in 10 mins

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SURAMPUDI VENKATA NAGENDRA  (9 years ago)

answer :c 100 min

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KRISHAN MURARI  (9 years ago)

each lion kill 1 person in 10 minute
so answer is (B)

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savita kumari  (9 years ago)

answer is 10min

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priyanka nagori  (9 years ago)

(b) 10 minutes

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deepak pandey  (9 years ago)

(b)10 minute because 10 lions can kill 10 deers in 10 minute that's why 100 lions can kill 100 deers in 10 minute.

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SWETA BURNWAL  (9 years ago)

10 MINUTES bcs 100 lions can kill 100 deers in 10 minutes..

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P Sophiya   (9 years ago)

lion min kill
10 10 10
100 ? 100
10lion*10min/10kill=100lion*x/100
x=10min

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LOKESH RANJAN  (9 years ago)

b, 10*10/10=100*t/100=>t=10

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Goldi kumari  (9 years ago)

if 10 lions can kill 10 deers in 10 minutes then one lion can kill 1 deer in 1 minut so 100 lion can kill 100 in 100 minute

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sakshi patel  (9 years ago)

1 lion can kill 1 deer in 1 min so 100 liin can kill. 100 deer in 100 min

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md ajaj alam   (9 years ago)

10 minutes

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Raghav gupta  (9 years ago)

answer is b 10 minutes

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Narayan Mahto  (9 years ago)

1 lion kills 1 deer in 10 mins
so
100 lions will kill 100 deer in 10 mins

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G.Mounika  (9 years ago)

if 10 lions can eat 10deers in 10min then 100 lions also eat 100 deers in 10min
so ans b

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Deepika  (9 years ago)

answer:10

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Sandeep Singh  (9 years ago)

10 lion 10 deer 10 min
1 lion 1 deer 10 min
100 lion 100 deer 10 min
time taken to kill a deer by lion is always same

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Swathi Guntur  (9 years ago)

option(b)
time not change but increase lions and deers,we will observe

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Ch Goutham srinivas  (9 years ago)

ans: b,
1 lion can kill 1 deer in 1/10th min so
100 lions can kill 100 deers in 100/10 = 10min

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p.vamshidhar  (9 years ago)

its 10 minutes

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surabhi goswami  (9 years ago)

10*10/10=100*x/100=10min

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sourav  (9 years ago)

b=10min
logic:
10 lions can kill 10 deer in 1min so,
1 lion can kill 10 beer in 1/10min,
so, 100 lion can kill 100 beer in (1/10)*100=10min

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sakshi  (9 years ago)

10 mins
because the increse in number makes no sense

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anviti nigam  (9 years ago)

10 mins..

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harsh  (9 years ago)

time tank tank
a b
1min x-6 x-0
2min x-12 x-0
3min x-18 x-8
4min x-24 x-16
5min x-30 x-24
6min x-36 x-32
7min x-42 x-40
8min x-48 x-48

9:08 min

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sandeep kumar  (9 years ago)

ANS IS 100

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anjali  (8 years ago)

answer- 10

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Nitish Bharadwaj  (8 years ago)

!00 lions can kill 100 deers in 10 min.

As 10 lions can kill 10 deers in 10 min
then
1 lion can kill 1 deer in 10 min
similalrly 100 lions can kill 100 deers in 10 min.
Read more at http://www.m4maths.com/frequently-asked-placement-questions.php?SOURCE=TCS#UuysxHPdl43jYW5U.99

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arjun sharma  (8 years ago)

10 minutes

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Durga Balu  (7 years ago)

each line can take 1 min for kill one deers so 100 line can kill 100 deers take 100 mins
ans is 100

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Ayushi Agarwal  (7 years ago)

10 : 100
10 : 100
the above 2 will be in proportion to 10 : x
so 10 * 10 * 10= 100*100*x
x=10min

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Niranjan kumar  (6 years ago)

Solve by ratio concept.....
It is easy to solve..
10:10 = 1:1
100: 100=1:1
So ..each lion have to eat it's deer

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sneha  (5 years ago)

10lio*10 min/10 de=100 lio*x/100 de =10 minutes

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