Two pipes A and B can fill a water tank in 12 min and 24 min respectively. Third pipe C can empty at the tank at the rate of 3 gallons per minute. If A, B and C opened together fill the tank in 15 minutes, the capacity of the tank in gallons is___
[SSC CPO 2007]
Explanation
Time taken by all tohethet to fill the tank is 15 minutes
Let the capacity of the tank be x gallons
Quantity of water filled in the tank in 1 min when all the pipes A, B and C are opened simultaneously,
Hence option C is correct.
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