Pipes & Cisterns Mcqs
Q. Two pipes A and B together can fill a cistern in 4 hours. Had they been opened separately, then B would have taken 6 hours more than A to fill cistern. How much time will be taken by A to fill the cistern separately?
a. 1 hr
b. 2 hrs
c. 6 hrs
d. 8 hrs
Let the cistern be filled by pipe A alone in x hours.
Then, pipe B will fill it in (x + 6) hours.
1/x + 1/(x + 6) = 1/4
x2 – 2x – 24 = 0
(x – 6)(x + 4) = 0 => x = 6.
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