Two pipes P and Q can individually fill a tank in 60 minutes and 40 minutes. If pipe Q alone is open for the first half an hour and then pipe P is also turned on, in how many minutes more will the tank get filled up?
Work = efficiency $$\times$$ time
Work=LCM(60,40)
    =120
Quantity filled by P in 1 hr =$$ \frac{120}{60} $$
                    = 2
Quantity filled by Q in 1 hr =$$ \frac{120}{40}$$
                     = 3
Efficiency of pipe P = 2
Efficiency of pipe Q = 3
Work done by pipe Q alone for the first half an hour = $$ 30 \times 3 $$
                                       = 90
Work done by pipe P and QÂ for the remaining time t = $$ t \times (2+3) $$
                                        = $$ t \times 5 $$
Thus total work done,Â
 $$ 90 + 5 \times t = 120 $$
Solving, t=6 minutes
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