Pipes and Cistern

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Pipes and Cistern: Overview

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Important Questions on Pipes and Cistern

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Pipe A can fill a tank in 6 hours. Pipe B can fill it in 4 hours and pipe C can empty it in 3 hours. All the pipes are opened together and after 18 hours pipe A is closed Then find out the tank will be emptied in how much time?

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The first two of the three pipes can fill an empty tank in 10.8 hours and 21.6 hours respectively, while the third pipe can empty the filled tank in 18 hours. If the tank is empty and all three pipes are opened simultaneously, then in how many hours will the tank be filled?

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There are 3 pipes X, Y, and Z that can fill a tank in 8 hours,10 hours, and 12 hours respectively, all three pipes are opened alternatively one by one for one hour.in how many hours the empty tank can be filled.

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15 hours of rain can fill 60% of a pond. A man can empty the pond in 50 hours. The pond was completely empty when it started raining. If it rained for 12 hours , how much time will it take for the man to empty the Pond ?
 

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Two machines fill a juice container. Machine B is 62.5% as efficient as Machine A. If Machine A fills the tank completely in 2.5 hours, how much time will it take for both the machines to fill 65% of the container ?
 

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Two inlets A and B can fill an empty tank in 36 hours and 60 hours respectively. In how much time, will they together fill the 16th part of the tank?

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If Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 15 min and 20 mins respectively and pipe C empties the tank in 12 mins. What will be the time taken by A, B and C together to fill the tank completely?

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Then on two pipes P and Q can fill the tank in 20 hours and 40 hours  respectively also Pipe R is attached which can empty the tank in 120 hours. if all pipes working together and at 2 pm and after 10 hours pipe R is cleared when will the tank filled?

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The ratio of efficiencies of two outlet pipes is 2:3. There is a third filling pipe which efficiency is 85 Of the average efficiency of two outlet pipes can fill an empty tank in 70 Minutes. In how much time both the emptying pipe can empty the tank when it is completely filled?

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Pipe P can fill a tank is 12 hours & Pipe Q can empty tank is 18 hours. Both pipe are opened at 6 am and after some time Q is closed and the tank is full at 8 pm on the same day. At what time was B closed?

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Pipe A and B can fill a tank is 20 minutes and 25 minutes respectively. Both were opened simultaneously. After 4 minutes, A was closed. Find the time taken from then to fill the tank.

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Two pipes can fill a tank is 18 minutes and 27 minutes. A third pipe can empty the tank (where full) in 6 mins. On the three pipes are opened when the tank was 23th full. In how many minutes will the tank become empty?

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Two pipes A & B can fill a tank in 8 and 24 hours respectively. there is an outlet exactly at 23th of the height above the base which can empty the top one-third of the tank be full, in 4 hours. In how many hours, will the empty tank be full, if both in e pipes and the outlet are opened simultaneously?

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P and Q are imlet pipes while R is outlet pipe. Pipe P supplies mates at 50 ltr/hours. Q can fill a tank in 4 hours. All the pipes are simultaneously opened and tank gets filled in 1 hours. What is capacity of tank ?

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M filling pipes, p1, p2,.....pN Where N>10, are attached to the tank. The rate of filling of p1 where C>1, is equal to twice the combined rate 8 filling of all the covers numbered pipes. If the combined rate of filling of all lowered numbered pipes. If the time taken by pN·3 to fill the tank is 128 minutes, find the  time taken by pN to fill the tank

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Pipe A takes 4 hours to fill a tank. Tap B takes 6 hours to fill the tank. If both the taps weep opened simult; by the time the tank was full, what fraction of the tank was filled by tap A ?

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Two taps X and Y can fill a tank in 12 minutes and 15 minutes, respectively. If both the taps are opened simultaneously, and tap X is closed after 3 minutes, then how much more time will it take to fill the tank with the help of tap Y?

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A tap can empty a tank in 36 hrs. After one-third of the tank is empty 4 more similar taps are opened. What is the total time taken by the taps to empty the tank completely?

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Pipe A can fill a tank in 4 hours and another pipe B can empty the same tank in 6 hours. Pipe A is opened and after 3 hours B is also opened. In how many hours, the tank will be filled?

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A pipe can fill an empty tank in 5 hours. After 35 th part the tank is filled, another pipe of same efficiency is opened. In how many hours, the tank will be filled?