A. 16 hours
B. 15 hours
C. 18 hours
D. 17 hours
Explanation:
Let the leak can empty the full tank in x hours 1/6 – 1/x = 1/9
=> 1/x = 1/6 – 1/9 = (3 – 2)/18 = 1/18
=> x = 18.
Related Mcqs:
- 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 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 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 tank is filled by three pipes with uniform flow. The first two pipes operating simultaneously fill the tank in the same 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 hrs
B. 10 hrs
C. 15 hrs
D. 30 hrs - 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 cistern is normally filled in 8 hours but takes two hours longer to fill because of a leak in its bottom. If the cistern is full, the leak will empty it in?
A. 16 hrs
B. 20 hrs
C. 40 hrs
D. 25 hrs - A cistern is normally filled in 8 hours but takes two hours longer to fill because of a leak in its bottom. If the cistern is full the leak will empty it in.
A. 16 hrs
B. 20 hrs
C. 25 hrs
D. 40 hrs - A water tank is two-fifth full. Pipe A can fill a tank in 10 minutes and pipe B can empty it in 6 minutes. If both the pipes are open, how long will it take to empty or fill the tank completely?
A. 6 min. to empty
B. 6 min. to full
C. 9 min. to empty
D. 9 min. to full - A cistern is filled by a tap in 3 1/2 hours. Due to leak in the bottom of the cistern, it takes half an hour longer to fill the cistern. If the cistern is full how long will it take the leak to empty it?
A. 7 hours
B. 8 hours
C. 14 hours
D. 28 hours - 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