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1. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 and 30 hours respectively. Both the pipes are opened to fill the tank but when the tank is one - third full, a leak develops in the tank through which one - third water supplied by both the pipes gose out. The total time taken to fill the tank is?
So, A and B together can fill the tank in 12 hrs,
part is filled by (A + B) in
Since the leak empties one - third water, so time taken to fill the tank
= Time taken by (A + B) to fill the whole tank + Time taken by (A + B) to fill one - third tank
= (12 + 4)
= 16 hours
Solution:
Part filled by (A + B) in 1 hourSo, A and B together can fill the tank in 12 hrs,
part is filled by (A + B) in
Since the leak empties one - third water, so time taken to fill the tank
= Time taken by (A + B) to fill the whole tank + Time taken by (A + B) to fill one - third tank
= (12 + 4)
= 16 hours