Aptitude - Pipes and Cistern - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Pipes and Cistern - General Questions (Q.No. 2)
2.
Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 5 and 6 hours respectively. Pipe C can empty it in 12 hours. If all the three pipes are opened together, then the tank will be filled in:
1 13 hours
17
2 8 hours
11
3 9 hours
17
4 1 hours
2
Answer: Option
Explanation:

Net part filled in 1 hour 1 + 1 - 1 = 17 .
5 6 12 60

The tank will be full in 60 hours i.e., 3 9 hours.
17 17

Discussion:
57 comments Page 6 of 6.

Manasa said:   1 decade ago
Here pipes A and B are used for filling the tanks,
A and B takes 5 and 6 hours respectively to fill the tank .
for 1 hour ,A can fill 1/5th of the tank and B can fill 1/6th of the tank.
now tank C is used foe emptying the tank(water is running off from the tank)..it can empty the tank in 12 hours..means for 1 hour it empties 1/12th of water from the tank

NOTE:
A and B are filling the tank whereas C is used for emptying the tank.
therefore add A and B and subtract it from c
now consider how much water gets filled in the tank in 1 hour,
1/5+1/6-1/12=17/60
for 1 hour----17/60
? hours----1
(note: for 1 hour-- 17 parts got filled up out of 60 parts
for "?"hours-- 60 parts get filled up out of 60 (60/60=1)

Here 1 indicates tank gets filled)
just by cross multiplying it
(1*1)=(?*17/60)
?=(17/60)/(1*1)
60/17 hours it can fill the tank.
(6)

Sathya said:   1 decade ago
Can't understood. Explain clearly.

Obama sells credits for banks said:   1 decade ago
Why we take 17/60 as 60/17 in the next step ?

Jyothi said:   1 decade ago
@komal
net part in 1 hour is 17/60 part
so in 60/17 hour the part will be 1
here 1 means tank is full.....
its just like the time and wok concept...

Komal said:   1 decade ago
Why we take 17/60 as 60/17 in the next step ?

Karan Ratnaparkhi said:   1 decade ago
1/12 is smaller dan other two

Ang said:   1 decade ago
Why we didnt take ( 1/12 - (1/5+1/6) ). Here 12 is greater right?


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