A pipe can fill a tank in x hours and another can empty it in y hours. In how many hours they together fill it in ( y > x) ?

(x - y) hours
(y - x) hours
$$\left( {\frac{{xy}}{{x - y}}} \right)\,{\text{hours}}$$
$$\left( {\frac{{xy}}{{y - x}}} \right){\text{hours}}$$

LohaHridoy

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2025-01-04 04:42

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AhmedNazir

Answer: Option 4

Time will be taken by both of them to fill the tank $${\text{ = }}\frac{{xy}}{{y - x}}$$

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