If a pipe can fill the tank within 6hrs. But due to leak it takes 30 m...
Let the capacity of the tank be 6 litre.
Then time to fill this tank is 6 hour ,when there is no leakage .
so in 1 hour it fills 1 litre.
when leakage is there then it takes 6.5 hour to fill 6 litre
so in 1 hour it fills 6/6.5 litre.
Time to vacate will be 1-(6/6.5) = 1/13 litre in 1 hour
time to vacate 1 litre will be 13 hour.
For 6 litre it will be 13*6 =78
View all questions of this testIf a pipe can fill the tank within 6hrs. But due to leak it takes 30 m...
Given information:
- The pipe can fill the tank within 6 hours.
- Due to a leak, it takes an additional 30 minutes to fill the tank completely.
To find:
- The time it will take to empty the tank through the leak.
Approach:
- First, calculate the rate at which the pipe fills the tank.
- Then, calculate the rate at which the leak empties the tank.
- Finally, use the rate of the leak to find the time it will take to empty the tank completely.
Solution:
Step 1: Calculate the rate at which the pipe fills the tank.
- The pipe can fill the tank in 6 hours, so the rate at which it fills the tank is 1/6 of the tank per hour.
- Let's denote this rate as R1.
Step 2: Calculate the rate at which the leak empties the tank.
- In 6 hours, the tank is filled completely.
- But due to the leak, it takes an additional 30 minutes (0.5 hours) to fill the tank.
- So, the effective time taken by the pipe to fill the tank is 6.5 hours.
- The rate at which the pipe fills the tank is 1/6.5 of the tank per hour.
- Let's denote this rate as R2.
Step 3: Calculate the time it will take to empty the tank through the leak.
- The rate at which the leak empties the tank is the difference between the rates of filling and emptying.
- Rate of leak = R1 - R2
- Rate of leak = 1/6 - 1/6.5
- Rate of leak = (6.5 - 6) / (6 * 6.5)
- Rate of leak = 0.5 / 39
- Rate of leak = 1/78 of the tank per hour.
- To empty the tank completely, it will take the leak 78 hours.
Therefore, the correct answer is option A) 78.
If a pipe can fill the tank within 6hrs. But due to leak it takes 30 m...
Let the capacity of the tank be 6 litre.
Then time to fill this tank is 6 hour ,when there is no leakage .
so in 1 hour it fills 1 litre.
when leakage is there then it takes 6.5 hour to fill 6 litre
so in 1 hour it fills 6/6.5 litre.
Time to vacate will be 1-(6/6.5) = 1/13 litre in 1 hour
time to vacate 1 litre will be 13 hour.
For 6 litre it will be 13*6 =78