A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours, because of leakage it took $2 \frac{1}{3}$ hours to fill the tank. In how many hours the leak can drain all the water of tank? |
12 14 15 13 |
14 |
The correct answer is Option (2) → 14 $\text{Pump rate} = \frac{1}{2} \text{ tank/hour}$ $\text{Time with leak} = 2\frac{1}{3} = \frac{7}{3} \text{ hours}$ $\text{Net rate} = \frac{1}{\frac{7}{3}} = \frac{3}{7}$ $\text{Leak rate} = \frac{1}{2} - \frac{3}{7}$ $= \frac{7 - 6}{14} = \frac{1}{14}$ $\text{Time taken by leak alone} = 14 \text{ hours}$ The leak can drain the tank in $14$ hours. |