CAT Exam Numerical Ability Arithmetic

There are 2 water tanks A and B. A is much smaller than B. While water fills at the rate of 1 litre every hour in A, it gets filled up like 10,20,40,80,160... in B. If tank B is 1/32 filled in 21 hours, then what is the total duration of hours required to fill it completely.

(a) 26
(b) 25
(c) 5
(d) 27

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1/32 gets filled in 21 hr
1/16 gets filled in 22 hr
1/8 gets filled in 23 hr
1/4 gets filled in 24 hr
1/2 gets filled in 25 hr
1 gets filled in 26 hr

Ans a) 26
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option b)25
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Lakshmi and Divya can complete a data entry jobin X days. Lakshmi alone takes 9 days more to finish the work while Divya take 4 days more. Find the value of X.

(a) 5 days
(b) 13 days
(c) 6 days
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