Pipes and Cisterns Problems Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Three pipes, A B and C, can fill a cistern in 12, 18 and 24 minutes, respectively. If all the pipes are opened together for 7 minutes, what will be the volume of the water that overflows as the percentage of the total volume of the cistern?

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  • 1
    $$ {23{2\over 3}}$$
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  • 2
    $$ {26{5\over 18}}$$
    Correct
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  • 3
    $$ {23{1\over 3}}$$
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  • 4
    $$ {26{7\over 18}}$$
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Answer : 4. "$$ {26{7\over 18}}$$"

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A pump can fill a cistern in 40 minutes and another pump can empty the filled up cistern in 1 hour. By mistake, without closing the second pump, the first pump is opened. The time in which the empty cistern will be filled up is

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  • 1
    3 hours
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  • 2
    4 hours
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  • 3
    1 hours
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    Wrong
  • 4
    2 hours
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Answer : 4. "2 hours"

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