Quiz Discussion

Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank from empty to full in 30 minutes, 20 minutes, and 10 minutes respectively. When the tank is empty, all the three pipes are opened. A, B and C discharge chemical solutions P, Q and R respectively. What is the proportion of the solution R in the liquid in the tank after 3 minutes?

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Two pipes can fill a tank in 40 and 48 minutes respectively and a waste pipe can empty 3 gallons per minutes. All the three pipes working together can fill the tank in 30 minutes, The capacity of the tank is-

• 1] 60 gallons
• 2] 120 gallons
• 3] 180 gallons
• 4] 240 gallons

Pipe A can fill a tank in 4 hours and pipe B can fill it 6 hours. If they are opened on alternate hours and if pipe A is opened first then in how many hours, the tank shall be full ?

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  hours

• 2]

  hours

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  hours

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  hours

A vessel has three pipes connected to it , two to supply liquid and one to draw liquid. The first alone can fill the vessel in hours, the second in 3 hours and the third can empty it in hours. If all the pipes are opened simultaneously when the vessel is half full, how soon will it be emptied?

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  hours

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   hours

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  hours

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  None of these

Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 37.5 minutes and 45 minutes respectively. Both pipes are opened. The cistern will be filled in just half an hour, if the B is turned off after:

• 1] 5 min.
• 2] 9 min.
• 3] 10 min.
• 4] 15 min.

An outlet pipe can empty a cistern in 3 hours. In what time will empty 2/3 of the cistern?

• 1] 3 hours
• 2] 5 hours
• 3] 2 hours
• 4] 4 hours

Having the same capacity 9 taps fill up a water tank in 20 minutes. How many taps of the same capacity are required to fill up the same water tank in 15 minutes ?

• 1] 10 taps
• 2] 12 taps
• 3] 15 taps
• 4] 18 taps

12 buckets of water fill a tank when the capacity of each bucket is 13.5 litres. How many buckets will be needed to fill the same tank, if the capacity of each bucket is 9 litres?

• 1] 8
• 2] 15
• 3] 16
• 4] 18

Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 15 minutes and 20 minutes respectively. Both the pipes are opened together but after 4 minutes, pipe A is turned off. What is the total time required to fill the tank?

• 1] 10 min. 20 sec.
• 2] 11 min. 45 sec.
• 3] 12 min. 30 sec.
• 4] 14 min. 40 sec.

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:

• 1] 6 hours
• 2] 10 hours
• 3] 15 hours
• 4] 30 hours