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Question | Two pipes can fill a tank in 10 and 14 minutes respectively. A third pipe can empty the tank at the rate of10 liters/minute. If all the pipes working together can fill the empty tank in 8 minutes,what is the capacity of the tank? | |
Type | multiple_choice | |
Option | 210 liters | incorrect |
Option | 215.4 liters | correct |
Option | 220 liters | incorrect |
Option | 225.4 liters | incorrect |
Part of the tank filled by two pipes in one minute = 1/10 + 1/14
10 liters is emptied in 1 minute
X liters will be emptied in X/10 minutes
In X/10 minutes the whole tank will be emptied.
In one minute 10/X part of the tank will be emptied.
As per question;
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