If a pump can fill the tank fully in eight hours but due to leakage it takes two hours more then how much time is required to empty the full tank by the leakage only ?

• let the leakage rate is x hrs.
  so 1/8-1/x=1/10(given)
  solving this equation we get x=40 hrs.
  so 40 hrs are required to empty the full tank by the leakage only.
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• time taken by pump A to fill=8hrs
  time taken due to leakage(A-B)=2hrs
  Time taken to empty by Leakage B=A-(A-B)=8-2=6hrs
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• 1/8-1/x=1/10
  1/x=1/40
  x=40
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