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There are two pipes in a tank. Pipe A is for filling the tank and Pipe B is for emptying the tank. If A can fill the tank in 10 hours and B can empty the tank in 15 hours then find out how many hours it will take to completely fill a half empty tank?
A) 30 hours B) 15 hours C) 20 hours D) 33.33 hours

Asked In Accenture Devendra Marghade (4 years ago)

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Rabiya Basri  (4 years ago)

Time taken to completely fill a half empty tank is 15 hours


Step-by-step explanation:

Given,

A can fill a tank in 10 hours

B can empty a tank in 15 hours

Part of tank filled by A in 1 hour =

Part of tank emptied by B in 1 hour =

Net part of tank filled in 1 hour = -

=

=

=

Therefore,

Both a and b can fill tank in 30 hrs

According to question,

Tank should be half empty

So time taken to fill the half tank =   = 15

Thus , Time taken to completely fill a half empty tank is 15 hours

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