Question : Two pipes P and Q can fill a cistern in 12 and 15 minutes respectively. Both are opened together, but at the end of 3 minutes, P is turned off. In how many more minutes will Q fill the cistern?
Option 1: $7$ minutes
Option 2: $7\frac{1}{2}$ minutes
Option 3: $8$ minutes
Option 4: $8\frac{1}{4}$minutes
Correct Answer: $8\frac{1}{4}$minutes
Solution : P can fill a cistern in 12 minutes and Q in 15 minutes. LCM of 12 and 15 is 60. Let the total work be 60 units. The efficiency of P per minutes is $\frac{60}{12}$ = 5 units and Q is $\frac{60}{15}$ = 4 units In 3 minutes together they can fill = 3 × (5 + 4) = 27 units The remaining = 60 – 27 = 33 units Now that P is closed, the remaining water will be filled by Q with the efficiency of 4 units per minute $=\frac{33}{4} =8\frac{1}{4}$ minutes Hence, the correct answer is $8\frac{1}{4}$ minutes.
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Question : Three pipes, A, B, and C, can fill a cistern in 12, 18 and 24 minutes, respectively. If all the pipes are opened together for 7 minutes, what will be the volume of the water that overflows as the percentage of the total volume of the cistern?
Option 1: $23 \frac{2}{3}\%$
Option 2: $26 \frac{5}{18}\%$
Option 3: $23 \frac{1}{3}\%$
Option 4: $26 \frac{7}{18}\%$
Question : Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 18 minutes and $22 \frac{1}{2}$ minutes, respectively while pipe C can empty the full tank in 12 minutes. A and B are opened together for 6 minutes and then closed. Now C is opened. C alone will empty the tank in ____.
Option 1: $5$ minutes
Option 2: $8 \frac{2}{5}$ minutes
Option 3: $7 \frac{1}{5}$ minutes
Option 4: $6$ minutes
Question : Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in $12 \frac{1}{2}$ hours and 25 hours, respectively. The pipes are opened simultaneously and it is found that due to a leakage in the bottom, it took 1 hour and 40 minutes more to fill the cistern. When the cistern is full, in how much time will the leak empty the cistern?
Option 1: 45 hours
Option 2: 42 hours
Option 3: 48 hours
Option 4: 50 hours
Question : Two pipes can fill a tank in 15 hours and 4 hours, respectively, while a third pipe can empty it in 12 hours. How long (in hours) will it take to fill the empty tank if all three pipes are opened simultaneously?
Option 1: $\frac{50}{7}$
Option 2: $\frac{15}{7}$
Option 3: $\frac{30}{7}$
Option 4: $\frac{20}{7}$
Question : Pipe A can fill a tank of capacity 350 litres in $3 \frac{1}{2}$ minutes. Pipe B can fill a tank of capacity 780 litres in $8 \frac{2}{3}$ minutes. How long (in min) will it take to fill a tank of capacity 1615 litres, if both pipes are opened together?
Option 1: $9$
Option 2: $7 \frac{1}{2}$
Option 3: $8 \frac{1}{2}$
Option 4: $8$
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