Question 38

A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours. Because of a leak, it took 2 hours and 20 minutes to fill the tank. The leak can drain all the water of the tank in:

Let the volume of the tank be 6V litres.Β 

If the pump takes 2 hours to fill the tank, then the capacity of the pump isΒ $$\dfrac{6V}{2}=\ 3V\ $$litres/hour.

In 2 hours 20 minutesΒ $$\ =\ 2\ +\ \dfrac{20}{60}\ =\ \dfrac{7}{3}$$ hours, the water produced by the pump isΒ $$3V\ \times\ \dfrac{7}{3}\ =\ 7V$$.

We know that the tank has a volume of 6V litres. So, the leak inΒ $$\dfrac{7}{3}\ $$hours removed 7V - 6V = V litres of water.Β So, in 1 hour, the leak removesΒ $$\dfrac{3V}{7}$$ litres.

The capacity of the leak isΒ $$\dfrac{3V}{7}$$ litres/hour.Β So, the time taken for the leak to empty the whole tank isΒ 

$$6V\ \times\ \dfrac{7}{3V}\ =\ 14$$ hours.

Hence, the correct answer is option A.

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