GENPACT Company Numerical Ability Age Problem

A tank is fitted with 8 pipes, some of them that fill the tank and others that are waste pipe meant to empty the tank. Each of the pipes that fill the tank can fill it in 8 hours, while each of those that empty the tank can empty it in 6 hours. If all the pipes are kept open when the tank is full, it will take exactly 6 hours for the tank to empty. How many of these are fill pipes?

Read Solution (Total 3)

X PIPES FILL AND 8-X EMPTY
IN 1hr 1/6th is emptied so :
x/6 - (8-x)/8 = 1/6
ON SOLVING X=4 (FILL PIPES) AND 8-X=4(EMPTY PIPES)
11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(8) No(1)

answer is: 4
13 years agoHelpfull: Yes(6) No(27)
it takes 6 hours to empty the tank.
so 1/6 part is filled in 1 hour.
given that,
6 hours to empty the tank. so 1/6

and 1/6-1/8=1/24.
so (1/24)*4=1/6 and it is equal to 1/6.

So ans:4
12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(5) No(7)

GENPACT Other Question

Pipe A usually fills a tank in 2 hours. On account of a leak at the bottom of the tank, it takes pipe A 30 more minutes to fill the tank. How long will the leak take to empty a full tank if pipe A is shut? How much time will the leak take to empty the full cistern?
I.The cistern is normally filled in 9 hours.
II.It takes one hour more than the usual time to fill the cistern because of la leak in the bottom.

A. I alone sufficient while II alone not sufficient to answer
B. II alone sufficient while I alone not sufficient to answer
C. Either I or II alone sufficient to answer
D. Both I and II are not sufficient to answer
E. Both I and II are necessary to answer