CAT 2022 Question Paper | Quant Slot 3

CAT 2022 Quant was dominated by Arithmetic followed by Algebra. In Arithmetic, the questions were dominated by topics like Speed-time-distance, Mixture and Alligations. This year, there was a surprise. The questions from Geometry were relatively on the lower side as compared to the previous years. There were 8 TITA Qs this year. Overall this section was at a medium level of difficulty.

Question 16 : A group of \(N\) people worked on a project. They finished \(35 \%\) of the project by working 7 hours a day for 10 days. Thereafter, 10 people left the group and the remaining people finished the rest of the project in 14 days by working 10 hours a day. Then the value of \(N\) is

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N people finish 35% of the project by working 7 hours a day for 10 days.
N people finish 35% of the project by working 70 hours.
N people finish 5% of the project by working 10 hours.
N people finish 65% of the project by working 130 hours.
65% of the project is done in N * 130 man hours.
The remaining 65% was actually done by (N-10) people in 14 days by working 10 hours a day.
(N-10) people finish 65% of the project by working 140 hours.
65% of the project is done in (N - 10) * 140 man hours.
N * 130 = (N - 10) * 140
13N = 14N - 140
N = 140

The answer is '140'

Choice B is the correct answer.