At their usual efficiency levels, $A$ and $B$ together finish a task in $12$ days. If $A$ had worked half as efficiently as she usually does, and $B$ had worked thrice as efficiently as he usually does, the task would have been completed in $9$ days. How many days would $A$ take to finish the task if she works alone at her usual efficiency?

One day, Rahul started a work at $9$ AM and Gautam joined him two hours later. They then worked together and completed the work at $5$ PM the same day. If both had started at $9$ AM and worked together, the work would have been completed $30$ minutes earlier. Working alone, the time Rahul would have taken, in hours, to complete the work is

A tank has an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe. If the outlet pipe is closed then the inlet pipe fills the empty tank in $8$ hours. If the outlet pipe is open then the inlet pipe fills the empty tank in $10$ hours. If only the outlet pipe is open then in how many hours the full tank becomes half-full?

John takes twice as much time as Jack to finish a job. Jack and Jim together take one-thirds of the time to finish the job than John takes working alone. Moreover, in order to finish the job, John takes three days more than that taken by three of them working together. In how many days will Jim finish the job working alone?

Rahul, Rakshita and Gurmeet, working together, would have taken more than $7$ days to finish a job. On the other hand, Rahul and Gurmeet, working together would have taken less than $15$ days to finish the job. However, they all worked together for $6$ days, followed by Rakshita, who worked alone for $3$ more days to finish the job. If Rakshita had worked alone on the job then the number of days she would have taken to finish the job, cannot be

Anil can paint a house in $12$ days while Barun can paint it in $16$ days. Anil, Barun, and Chandu undertake to paint the house for ₹ $24000$ and the three of them together complete the painting in $6$ days. If Chandu is paid in proportion to the work done by him, then the amount in INR received by him is

Arun, Varun and Tarun, if working alone, can complete a task in 24, 21, and 15 days, respectively. They charge Rs 2160, Rs 2400, and Rs 2160 per day, respectively, even if they are employed for a partial day. On any given day, any of the workers may or may not be employed to work. If the task needs to be completed in 10 days or less, then the minimum possible amount, in rupees, required to be paid for the entire task is