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Numerical Ability
Pipes and Cistern
a tank has a leak which would empty the completely filled tank in 10hrs.if the tank is full of water and a tap is opened which admits4 lts of water per min in the tan,the leak takes 15hrs to empty the tank.how many ltr of water does the tank holds?
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- 7200 ltr..
- 7 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
- 60*30*4=7200 liter is ans
find the time of filling tank which is 30 hours
so the rate of filling is 4 liter/ minute then the tank holds the 7200 liter water which is filled in 30 hours by filling pipe - 7 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
- ans is 2400 ltrs
- 7 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(1)
- in 1 min tank fills 4 ltr
so 60 min ,, ,, 60*4 ltr
since tank fills in 10 hr
tank capacity=60*4*10=2400 ltr - 7 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(2)
- X/10 - 4 = x/15
X/10 - x/12 = 4
X/30 = 4
X = 120 * 60
X = 7200 - 7 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
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