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Question 1:
A bath can be filled by the cold water pipe in 20 minutes and by the hot water pipe in 30 minutes. A person leaves the bathroom after turning on both pipes simultaneously and returns at the moment when the bath should be full. Finding, however, that the waste pipe has been open, he now closes it.In 6 minutes more the bath is full.In what time would the waste pipe empty it?
A. 16 min
B. 29 min
C. 24 min
Feedback Per minute fill by both pipes = 1/20 + 1/30 = 1/12.
in last 6 minutes, part of tank filled = 1/12 X 6 = 1/2
Filled in first 12 minutes = 1- 12/x = 1/2
x = 24
in last 6 minutes, part of tank filled = 1/12 X 6 = 1/2
Filled in first 12 minutes = 1- 12/x = 1/2
x = 24
D. 27 min
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