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  • Question
  • Two pipes can fill a cistern in 14 and 16 h, respectively. The pipes are opened simultaneously and it is found that due to leakage in the bottom, it took 92 min more to fill the cistern. When the cistern is full, in what time will the leak empty it?


  • Options
  • A. 4319/23 h
  • B. 4317/23 h
  • C. 4313/23 h
  • D. 4319/23 h

  • Correct Answer
  • 4319/23 h 

    Explanation

    Part filled by 1st pipe in 1 h = 1/14
    Part filled by 2nd pipe in 1 h = 1/16
    Part filled by the two pipes in 1 h
    = ( 1/14 + 1/16 ) = (8 + 7)/112 = 15/112
    ? Time taken by these two pipes to fill the cistern = 112/15 h = 7 h 28 min
    Due to leakage, the time taken 7 h 28 min + 92 min = 9 h
    &thee4; Work done by ( two pipes + leak ) in 1 h = 1/9
    Work done by the leak in 1 h = 1/9 - 15/112 = (112 - 135)/1008
    = - 23/1008
    ? Time taken by leak to empty the full cistern
    = 1008/23 = 4319/23 h


  • More questions

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    • Options
    • A. 2
    • B. 16
    • C. 256
    • D. 4
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    • 2. 
      A is thrice as good a workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 30 days less then B. How many days will they takes to finish the job working together?

    • Options
    • A. 101/4
    • B. 113/4
    • C. 111/4
    • D. 111/3
    • Discuss
    • 3. Solve the following:
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    • Options
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    • B. .02
    • C. 2000
    • D. 2
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    • 4. 
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    • Options
    • A. 32
    • B. 18
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    • 5. 
      Ravi can row downstream at 9 km/h and upsteam at 5 km/h. Find the speed of Ravi in still water and speed of current.

    • Options
    • A. 7 km/h and 2 km/h
    • B. 8 km/h and 6 km/h
    • C. 7 km/h and 3 km/h
    • D. 8 km/h and 2 km/h
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    • 6. 56, 72, 90, 110, 132, 150

    • Options
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    • D. 150
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    • 7. 
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    • Options
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    • Discuss
    • 8. 
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    • Options
    • A. 62/7 min
    • B. 63/7 min
    • C. 65/7 min
    • D. 61/7 min
    • Discuss
    • 9. 
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    • Options
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    • D. 14 min
    • Discuss
    • 10. 
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    • Options
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