A tank can be filled by a pipe A in 2 h and pipe B in 6 h. At 10 am pipe A was opened. At what time will the tank be filled if pipe B is opened at 11 am?
[SSC CGL 2012]
Explanation
According to the question,
Pipe A fills the tank in 2 hours (in 1 hour it fills part of the tank)
Pipe B fills the tank in 6 hours (in 1 hour it fills part of the tank)
As pipe A was opened at 10:00 am and it worked alone till 11:00 am. In 1 hour it will fill part of the tank.
the remaining part of the tank will be filled by both Pipe A and B.
According to the formula, if pipe A can comletely fill a tank in x hours and pipe B can comletely fill a tank in y hours, then the time taken by both pipes together to fill the tank is hours.
So, (both the pipes together will fill part of the tank)
So, Time taken by both pipes to fill part of the tank = 60 minutes
Time taken to fill part = = 45 minutes
Therefore, the tank will be filled at 11:45 AM
Hence option C is correct.
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