Shivam is 20 percent less efficient than Vivek. If Vivek can make a helmet in 12 days, then in how many days can Shivam make the same helmet?

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  1. 18 days
  2. 15 days
  3. 12 days
  4. 14 days

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Option 2 : 15 days
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Given: 

Shivam is 20 percent less efficient than Vivek.  Vivek can make a helmet in 12 days

Concept used:

Efficiency = work done in a single day 

Calculation:

Efficiency of of vivek is 1 / 12

So efficiency of Shivam is 

\(1 \times 80 \over 12 \times 100\) = 1 /15

∴ Shivam does the work in 15 days

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