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A tank is filled in 5 hours by three pipes A, B and C. The pipe C is twice as fast as B and B is twice as fast as A. How much time will pipe A alone take to fill the tank?

A. 20 hours
B. 25 hours
C. 35 hours
D. Cannot be determined
E. None of these

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If c takes x hrs, B takes 2x hrs and A takes 4x hrs,
then
1/x +1/2x = 1/4x = 1/5
7/4x = 1/5
x= 7*5/4 hrs = 35/4 hrs

So A alone will take 4*35/4 = 35 hrs
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A tank is filled by three pipes with uniform flow. The first two pipes operating simultaneously fill the tank in the same time during which the tank is filled by the third pipe alone. The second pipe fills the tank 5 hours faster than the first pipe and 4 hours slower than the third pipe. The time required by the first pipe is:

A. 6 hours
B. 10 hours
C. 15 hours
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C. 6 hours
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