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 Sakshi can do a piece of work in 20 days. Tanya is 25% more efficient than Sakshi. The number of days taken by Tanya to do the same piece of work is:

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 Sakshi can do a piece of work in 20 days. Tanya is 25% more efficient than Sakshi. The number of days taken by Tanya to do the same piece of work is:

A). 27 days

B). 21 days

C). 16 days

D). 13 days


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16 days



The ratio of their efficiency, i.e. Sakshi : Tannya = 100 : 125 = 4 : 5 

Therefore, ratio of time taken by them = 5 : 4 

That is, No. of days taken by Sakshi is 5 units of ratio = 20 days 

So, 1 unit of ratio = 20/5 = 4 days 

Therefore, No. of days taken by Tannya = 4 × 4 = 16 days.

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