A. 14
B. 15
C. 16
D. 18
Capacity of the tank = (12×13.5)=162 litres
Capacity of each bucket = 9 litres.
Number of buckets needed = 162/9=18
Related Mcqs:
- Two pipes can separately fill a tank in 20 and 30 hours respectively. Both the pipes are opened to fill the tank but when the tank is full, a leak develops in the tank through which one-third of water supplied by both the pipes goes out. What is the total time taken to fill the tank?
A. 18 hrs
B. 16 hrs
C. 15 hrs
D. 12 hrs - A leak in the bottom of a tank can empty the full tank in 6 hrs. An inlet pipe fills water at the rate of 4 lit. a minute. When the tank is full, the inlet is opened and due to the leak, the tank is empty in 8 hrs. The capacity of the tank in liters is_________?
A. 5,750 litres
B. 5,760 litres
C. 6,890 litres
D. None of these - A bucket contains 2 litres more water when it is filled 80 % in comparison when it is filled 66 2/4 % what is the capacity of the bucket?
A. 10 litres
B. 15 litres
C. 66 2/3 litres
D. 20 litres - A leak in the bottom of a tank can empty the full tank in 6 hours. An inlet pipe fills water at the rate of 4 liters per minute. When the tank is full in inlet is opened and due to the leak the tank is empties in 8 hours. The capacity of the tank is?
A. 5260 liters
B. 5760 liters
C. 5846 liters
D. 6970 liters - A leak in the lower portion of a tank can empty the full tank in 9 hrs. An inlet pipe fills water at the rtae of 10 lit. a minute. When the tank is full, the inlet is opened and due to leak, the tank is empty in 16 hrs. How many litres does the cistern hold ?
A. 12,342 litres.
B. 12,444 litres
C. 12,566 litres.
D. None of thes - A vessel of capacity 90 litres is fully filled with pure milk. Nine litres of milk is removed from the vessel and replaced with water. Nine litres of the solution thus formed is removed and replaced with water. Find the quantity of pure milk in the final milk solution?
A. 72
B. 72.9
C. 73.8
D. 74.7
E. None of these - Two pipes can fill a tank in 18 minutes and 15 minutes. An outlet pipe can empty the tank in 45 minutes. If all the pipes are opened when the tank is empty, then how many minutes will it take to fill the tank?
A. 12
B. 13
C. 11
D. 10 - One pipe can fill a tank three times as fast as another pipe. If together the two pipes can fill tank in 36 min, 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 - 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. - A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours. Because of a leak, it took 2 1/3 hours to fill the tank. The leak can drain all the water of the tank in?
A. 4 1/3 hrs
B. 7 hrs
C. 8 hrs
D. 14 hrs