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A water tank has an inlet pipe which can fill the tank in 6
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A water tank has an inlet pipe which can fill the tank in 6 hours. One day the inlet pipe was opened and while closing the same after 6 hours it was found that a leakage has developed in the tank and tank was not filled to the capacity. The leakage was repaired immediately and the inlet pipe took 40 more minutes to fill the tank. How much time would the leakage take to empty the full tank when inlet pipe is not working.
A) 15 hours
B) 24 hours
C) 36 hours
D) 45 hours
E) 54 hours
A) 15 hours
B) 24 hours
C) 36 hours
D) 45 hours
E) 54 hours
Re: A water tank has an inlet pipe which can fill the tank in 6
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08 Mar 2020, 01:37
08 Mar 2020, 01:37
Is there a shorter method of doing this? The one i did was very lengthy
Re: A water tank has an inlet pipe which can fill the tank in 6
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14 Mar 2020, 04:09
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Assume leak takes x hrs to empty the tank completely. so leak rate is 1/x lit/hr
So in 6 hrs... 6 (1/x) litres has gone out through leakage and that same has been filled by inlet at a rate of (1/6) in 40 mins i.e 2/3 hrs.
6 (1/x) = (1/6)(2/3)
x= 54 hrs
Hope its easy to understand.
So in 6 hrs... 6 (1/x) litres has gone out through leakage and that same has been filled by inlet at a rate of (1/6) in 40 mins i.e 2/3 hrs.
6 (1/x) = (1/6)(2/3)
x= 54 hrs
Hope its easy to understand.
