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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) 35 hours
b) 25 hours
c) 20 Hours
d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these

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a)35 hours

Let pipe A alone takes to fill the tank = x hours.

Then, pipes B take twice fast as A = x/2
And pipes C take twice fast as B = x/4
Therefore, Tank filled in 5 hours by A,B,C pipes => 1/x + 2/x + 4/x = 1/5
==> 7/x = 1/5
==> x = 5*7
x= 35 hours
x = 35 hrs.
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