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Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 6 hours and 4 hours respectively. If they are opened on alternate hours and if pipe A is opened first, in how many hours, the tank shall be full ?
- 3 hours
- 5 hours
- 7 hours
- 10 hours
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
(A+B)'s 2 hour's work when opened =
\begin{aligned}
\frac{1}{6}+\frac{1}{4} = \frac{5}{12} \\
(A+B)'s \text{ 4 hour's work} = \frac{5}{12}*2 \\
= \frac{5}{6}
\text{Remaining work = } 1-\frac{5}{6} \\
= \frac{1}{6} \\
\text{Now, its A turn in 5 th hour} \\
\frac{1}{6} \text{ work will be done by A in 1 hour}\\
\text{Total time = }4+1 = 5 hours
\end{aligned}
1. 12 buckets of water fill a tank when the capacity of each tank is 13.5 litres. How many buckets will be needed to fill the same tank, if the capacity of each bucket is 9 litres?
- 15 bukets
- 17 bukets
- 18 bukets
- 19 bukets
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Capacity of the tank = (12*13.5) litres
= 162 litres
Capacity of each bucket = 9 litres.
So we can get answer by dividing total capacity of tank by total capacity of bucket.
Number of buckets needed = (162/9) = 18 buckets
2. Pipe A can fill a tank in 5 hours, pipe B in 10 hours and pipe C in 30 hours. If all the pipes are open, in how many hours will the tank be filled ?
- 2.5 hours
- 2 hours
- 3.5 hours
- 3 hours
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Part filled by A in 1 hour = 1/5
Part filled by B in 1 hour = 1/10
Part filled by C in 1 hour = 1/30
Part filled by (A+B+C) in 1 hour =
\begin{aligned}
\frac{1}{5}+\frac{1}{10}+\frac{1}{30} \\
= \frac{1}{3} \\
\end{aligned}
So all pipes will fill the tank in 3 hours.
3. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 and 30 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are used together, then how long it will take to fill the tank ?
- 10 mins
- 12 mins
- 15 mins
- 20 mins
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
In this type of questions we first get the filling in 1 minute for both pipes then we will add them to get the result, as
Part filled by A in 1 min = 1/20
Part filled by B in 1 min = 1/30
Part filled by (A+B) in 1 min = 1/20 + 1/30
= 1/12
So both pipes can fill the tank in 12 mins.
4. One pipe can fill a tank three times as fast as another pipe. If together the two pipes can fill the tank in 36 minutes, then the slower pipe alone will be able to fill the tank in
- 144 mins
- 140 mins
- 136 mins
- 132 minw
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Let the slower pipe alone fill the tank in x minutes
then faster will fill in x/3 minutes.
Part filled by slower pipe in 1 minute = 1/x
Part filled by faster pipe in 1 minute = 3/x
Part filled by both in 1 minute = \begin{aligned}
\frac{1}{x} + \frac{3}{x}= \frac{1}{36} \\
=> \frac{4}{x} = \frac{1}{36} \\
x = 36*4 = 144 mins
\end{aligned}
5. A cistern can be filled by a tap in 4 hours while it can be emptied by another tap in 9 hours. If both the taps are opened simultaneously, then after how much time cistern will get filled ?
- 7 hours
- 7.1 hours
- 7.2 hours
- 7.3 hours
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
When we have question like one is filling the tank and other is empting it, then we subtraction as,
Filled in 1 hour = 1/4
Empties in 1 hour = 1/9
Net filled in 1 hour = 1/4 - 1/9
= 5/36
So cistern will be filled in 36/5 hours i.e. 7.2 hours
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