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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
A tank is fitted with 8 pipes, some of them that fill the tank and others that are waste pipe meant to those that empty the tank can empty it in 6 hours. If all the pipes are kept open when the tank is full, it will take exactly 6 hours for the tank to empty. How many of these are these are fill pipes?
A 2
B 4
C 6
D 5
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 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
Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 15 minutes and 20 minutes respectively. Both the pipes are opended together but after 4 minutes, pipe A is turned off. What is the total time required to fill the tank?
A 10 min 20 sec
B 11 min 45 sec
C 12 min 30 sec
D 14 min 40 sec
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
Pipe P can fill and empty tank in 4 hours but pipe Q can completely empty the same tank in 8 hours. But the pipes were opened alternately after every two hours starting with pipe P then in how many hours, the tank was completely filled ?
A 6 hours
B 5 hours
C 10 hours
D 12 hours
The equivalent diameter for the annulus of a double pipe heat exchanger, whose inner pipe has fins on the outside is __________ compared to the same size pipes without fins.
A More
B Less
C Same
D Unpredictable
In case of hydraulically smooth pipe, the resistance to flow depends only on the Reynolds number, whereas for a hydraulically rough pipe, the resistance to flow is governed by the relative roughness. Two pipes are said to have the same hydraulic roughness, when they have equal values of
A Relative roughness
B Absolute roughness
C Friction co-efficient for flows at equal Reynold number
D All of the above
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

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