Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Numerical Ability

Topic

Pipes and Cisterns

Question:

A tank can be filled in 10 hours. After a leak in its bottom, it takes 12 hours to fill the tank. Find the time taken by the leak to empty the full tank?

Options:

50 hours

55 hours

60 hours

65 hours

Correct Answer:

60 hours

Explanation:

The following chart has to be made first:

Efficiency without leak = 6

Efficiency of leakage = -1

Efficiency after leak = 6 - 1 = 5

Thus, it takes 60 hours for a tank to get emptied: \(\frac{ 60}{1 }\) = 60 hours