A cistern can be filledup in 14 hours by an inlet M. Another outlet N can empty the cistern in 18 hours. If both the inlets M and N are opened together, then after how long will the cistern be fully filled?
Explanation
According to the formula, if pipe A can comletely fils a tank in x hours and pipe B can comletely empty the tank in y hours, then the time taken by both pipes together to fill the tank is hours.
So,
The tank will be filled by both the pipe opened simultaneously in 63 hours
Hence option B is correct
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