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Pipes and Cisterns

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Question
Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 5 and 6 hours respectively. Pipe C
can empty it in 12 hours. If all the three pipes are opened
together, then the tank will be filled in:

13
a) 1
17

18
b) 2
11

9
c) 3
17

1
d) 4
2
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Solution

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Question
Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 15 minutes and
20 minutes respectively. Both the pipes are
opened together but after 4 minutes, pipe A is
turned off. What is the total time required to fill the
tank?
a)10 min. 20 sec.
b)11 min. 45 sec.
c) 12 min. 30 sec.
d) 14 min. 40 sec.

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Solution

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Question
A water tank is two-fifth full. Pipe A can fill a tank in
10 minutes and pipe B can empty it in 6 minutes.If
both the pipes are open, how long will it take to
empty or fill the tank completely?
a)6 min.to empty
b)6 min.to fill
c) 9 min.to empty
d) 9 min.to fill

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Solution

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Question
A tap can fill a tank in 6 hours. After half the tank is
filled, three more similar taps are opened. What is
the total time taken to fill the tank completely?
a)3 hrs 15 min
b)3 hrs 45 min
c) 4 hrs 15 min
d)4 hrs

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Solution
Ans:b
1/6+1/6+1/6+1/6=2/3
Time required by 4 taps to fill half tank is
1
2 3
2 = = 45 min
4
3
3hrs+45 min

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Question
Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank from empty to full in 30
minutes, 20 minutes, and 10 minutes respectively. When the
tank is full, all the three pipes are opened. A, B and C discharge
chemical solutions P,Q and R respectively. What is the proportion
of the solution R in the liquid in the tank after 3 minutes?
a) 5/11
b) 6/11
c) 7/11
d) 8/11

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Solution

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Question
A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours.
1
Because of a leak, it took 2 hours to fill the
3
tank. The leak can drain all the water of the tank
in:
a) hours
b) 7 hours
c) 8 hours
d) 14 hours

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Solution

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Question
Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 37 and half
minutes and 45 minutes respectively. Both pipes are
opened. The cistern will be filled in just half an hour, if
the B is turned off after:

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Solution

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Question
A tank is filled by three pipes with uniform flow. The first two
pipes operating simultaneously fill the tank in the same time
during which the tank is filled by the third pipe alone. The
second pipe fills the tank 5 hours faster than the first pipe and 4
hours slower than the third pipe. The time required by the first
pipe is:

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Solution

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Question
Two pipes can fill a tank in 20 and 24 minutes
respectively and a waste pipe can empty 3 gallons per
minute. All the three pipes working together can fill the
tank in 15 minutes. The capacity of the tank is:
a) 60 gallons
b) 100 gallons
c) 120 gallons
d) 180 gallons

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Solution

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Question
A tank is filled in 5 hours by three pipes A, B and
C. The pipe C is twice as fast as B and B is twice
as fast as A. How much time will pipe A alone take
to fill the tank?
a)20 hours
b)25 hours
c) 35 hours
d)None of these

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Solution

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