Arithmetic Ability
Pipes and Cistern

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Q.

A water tank in a village is normally filled in 8 hours but takes 2 hours longer to fill because of a leak in its bottom. If the tank is full, in how many hrs will the leak empty it ? 

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Correct choice: D

Explanation:

The time taken by the leak to empty the tank =  1 8  −  1 10  =  5 − 4 40  =  1 40 18 - 110 = 5 - 440 = 140 Therefore, the leak empties the tank in 40 hours.
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