
Two forest officials in their respective divisions were involved in the harvesting of tendu leaves. One division had an average output of tons from a hectare and the other division, which had hectares of landless, dedicated to tendu leaves, got tons of fendu from a hectare. As a result, the second division harvested tons of fench leaves more than the first. How many tons of tendu leaves did the first division harvest?


Important Questions on Time and Work





Two pipes can fill a cistern in and hours respectively. The pipes are opened simultaneously and it is found that due to leakage in the bottom of the cistern, it takes minutes extra for the cistern to be filled up. When the cistern is full, at what time will the leak empty it?

A tank holds gallons of water. Its inlet is inches in diameter and fills the tank at gallons/min. The outlet of the tank is twice the diameter of the inlet. How many minutes will it take to empty the tank if the inlet is shut off when the tank is full and the outlet is opened? (Hint: Rate of filling or emptying is directly proportional to the diameter)

A tank of capacity litres has an inlet and an outlet tap. If both are opened simultaneously, the tank is filled in minutes. But if the outlet flow rate is doubled and taps opened the tank never gets filled up. Which of the following can be outlet flow rate in litres/min?
