Lakshay Kataria

6y ago

Pipe A can fill a tank in 16 minutes and pipe B empties it in 24 minutes. If both the pipes are opened together. after how many minutes should B be closed, so that the tank is filled in 30 minutes?

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satish 6y ago

Let the pipe B be closed after 'K' minutes. 30/16 - K/24 = 1 => K/24 = 30/16 - 1 = 14/16 => K = 14/16 x 24 = 21 min

Mayank Raheja 6y ago

Yeah 21

Gaurav Pancholi 6y ago

21

Nikita Pandey 6y ago

21 minutes

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