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Direction: The question given below is followed by three statements. Study the question and the statements. Identify which option is necessary to answer the question.
Three workers A, B and C complete a given piece of work within different time spans, while working individually. What is the ratio of efficiency of C to that of B?
I. A takes `100%` more time than C to complete the given piece of work.
II. B completes the given piece of work in 8 days.
III. B takes 2 days less than A to complete the given piece of work.

A

Question cannot be answered even with the information in all three statements.

B

All of the three

C

Only II and III

D

II and either only I or only III

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To solve the problem of finding the ratio of efficiency of worker C to worker B, we will analyze the statements provided step by step. ### Step 1: Analyze Statement I Statement I states that "A takes `100%` more time than C to complete the given piece of work." - Let's assume C takes `x` days to complete the work. - If A takes `100%` more time than C, then A takes `x + 100% of x = x + x = 2x` days. ### Step 2: Analyze Statement II Statement II states that "B completes the given piece of work in 8 days." - This gives us the time taken by B directly: B = 8 days. ### Step 3: Analyze Statement III Statement III states that "B takes 2 days less than A to complete the given piece of work." - Since we know B takes 8 days, we can express this in terms of A: \[ B = A - 2 \implies 8 = A - 2 \implies A = 8 + 2 = 10 \text{ days} \] ### Step 4: Relate A and C From Statement I, we know: - A takes `2x` days and we found A takes 10 days. - Therefore, we can set up the equation: \[ 2x = 10 \implies x = 5 \text{ days} \] So, C takes 5 days to complete the work. ### Step 5: Calculate Efficiencies Efficiency is inversely proportional to the time taken to complete the work. Therefore, we can express the efficiencies as: - Efficiency of B = \( \frac{1}{8} \) - Efficiency of C = \( \frac{1}{5} \) ### Step 6: Find the Ratio of Efficiencies To find the ratio of efficiency of C to that of B: \[ \text{Ratio of efficiency of C to B} = \frac{\text{Efficiency of C}}{\text{Efficiency of B}} = \frac{\frac{1}{5}}{\frac{1}{8}} = \frac{8}{5} \] ### Conclusion Thus, the ratio of efficiency of C to that of B is \( 8:5 \).
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