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A tank is filled by three pipes with uniform flow. The first two pipes operating simultaneously fill the tank in the same time during which the tank is filled by the third pipe alone. The second pipe fills the tank 5 hours faster than the first pipe and 4 hours slower than the third pipe. The time required by the first pipe is:
A 6 hours
B 10 hours
C 15 hours
D 30 hours
After the increase of price of oil by 40%, a family decided to reduce its oil consumption so that the expenditure for oil goes up by 26% only. If the total consumption of oil before the price rise was 10 kg per month, then what is the current consumption of oil per month (in kg)?
A 8
B 8.50
C 9
D None of these
Pipe A alone can fill a tankin 8 hours .Pipe B can fill it in 6 hours . If both the pipes are operated and after 2 hours pipe A is closed, then the other pipe will fill the tank in.
A 6 hours
B 3 1/2 hours
C 4 hours
D 1 1/2 hours
A pipe fills a tank in P minuties and another pipe fills the tank in Q minutes. A different pipe makes the tank empty in R minutes. If all these three pipe are opened then in how many minutes the tank will be full?
A p+q-qpqr
B pq+pr-pqpqr
C pq+qr-prpqr
D pqrqr+pr-pq
A water tank with 64-gallon capacity is filled by pipe A and emptied by pipe B. If the rate of water flow through pipe A is 2 gallons per hour, how many gallons per hour should flow through pipe B so that when both pipes are open, the initially empty tank shold be full in exactly 96 hours?
A 3/8
B 4/3
C 2/3
D 8/3
Pipe A can fill an empty cistern in 4 hours while along with Pipe B it can fill it up in 3 hours. Only Pipe A is turned on for an hour after which Pipe B is also turned on. How much total time will it take to fill up the cistern?
A 3 hrs 20 min
B 3 hrs 25 min
C 3 hrs 15 min
D 3 hrs
One pipe can fill a tank three times as fast as another pipe. If together the two pipes can fill the tank in 36 minutes, then the slower pipe alone will be able to fill the tank in :
A 81 min
B 108 min
C 144 min
D 192 min
Water flows into an empty 64-gallon drum through pipe A and flows out through pipe B. If the rate of flow through A is 2 gallons/hour, how many gallons per hour must flow out through pipe B so that the drum is full in exactly 96 hours?
A 3/8
B 1/2
C 2/3
D 4/3
Pipe A can fill a tank in 5 hours, pipe B in 10 hours and pipe C in 30 hours. If all the pipes are open, in how many will the tank be filled?
A 2
B 2.5
C 3
D 3.5
A pipe of 2 inch diameter fills a water tank in one hour. If the diameter of the pipe is 4 inch in what time will the pipe fill the same tank?
A 10 minutes
B 15 minutes
C 30 minutes
D 45 minutes

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