Practicing Success
Pipes A and B together can fill a tank in 10 hours. Pipes B and C together can fill the same tank in 12 hours. Pipes C and A together can fill the same tank in 15 hours. In how many hours can pipe B alone fill the same tank? |
120/7 hours 15 hours 125/11 hours 155/13 hours |
120/7 hours |
Total Capacity = 60l Adding the given efficiencies: (A + B) + (B + C) + (C + A) = 6 + 5 + 4 ⇒ 2(A + B + C) = 15 ⇒ (A + B + C) = $\frac{15}{2}$ --------(i) Efficiency of B = eff(A + B + C) - eff( A + C) = $\frac{15}{2}$ - 4 (from eq.(i)) = $\frac{7}{2}$ ----------(ii) Time taken by pipe alone to fill the tank of capacity 60l = $\frac{Capacity}{efficiency}$ = $\frac{60 \times 2}{7}$ = $\frac{120}{7}$ hours |