Pipe and Cistern Questions Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: The pipe can fill a tank in 36 minutes and the another pipe can empty it in 45 minutes. If both pipes are opened simultaneously, the time (in hours) it takes to fill half the capacity of the tank is:
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Answer : 2. "1.5"
Q: Pipe A alone & pipe B alone can fill the same tank in 5 hours and 4 hours respectively. If the ratio of efficiency of pipe A & B together to that of pipe C alone is 9:2, then find time taken by pipe C alone to fill the same tank?
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Answer : 4. "10 hours"
Q: If 20 taps can fill a tank in 14 hours, then how many times will 35 taps fill that tank?
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Answer : 1. "8 hour"
Q: Two pipes, D and E, can fill a cistern in 26 and 78 hours, respectively, while working alone. If the two pipes are opened together, the time taken to fill the cistern is:
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Answer : 2. "$$19{1\over }$$"
Q: A Cistern can be filled by a tap in 4 hours while it can be emptied by another tap in 9 hours. If both the taps are opened simultaneously then after how much time will the cistern get filled?
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Answer : 2. "7.2 hrs"
Q: Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 3 hours and 5 hours. Then, if all three are open, the tank is filled in 30 hours. Find in how many hours a third pipe will empty the tank?
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Answer : 2. "2 hours"
Q: Two pipes, A and B, can fill a tank in X minutes and 6 minutes, respectively. If both the pipes are used together, then they take 1.5 minute to fill the tank. Find the value of X.
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Answer : 4. "2 min"
Q: Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 43.2 minutes and 108 minutes, respectively. Pipe C can empty it at 3 litres/minute. When all the three pipes are opened together, they fill the tank in 54 minutes. The capacity (in litres) of the tank is:
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