Kumar Chandan
Kumar Chandan
10 years ago

A tap can fill a tank in 16 minutes and another tap can empty it in 8 minutes. If the tank is already half full and both the taps are opened together, the tank will be

A. filled in 15 min

B. filled in 8 min

C. emptied in 12 min

D. emptied in 8 min

E. emptied in 15 min


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  1. Asutosh Shukla
    Asutosh Shukla :
    8 years ago

    ans 8 min to be emptied

  2. Bapu
    Bapu :
    8 years ago

    empt in 8 min

  3. Saravanakumar
    Saravanakumar :
    8 years ago

    D

  4. Abhisek
    Abhisek :
    8 years ago

    b

  5. Sachin
    Sachin :
    8 years ago

    C

  6. Sachin
    Sachin :
    8 years ago

    filled with in 8minutes & Empty in 4minutes

  7. Ajad
    Ajad :
    8 years ago

    c

  8. Asmita
    Asmita :
    8 years ago

    half will be emptied in 4 min and that 4 min filling will be emptied in 2 min than 2:1 than 1:30 sec so best possible ans is D emptied in 8 min

  9. Divye Kumar
    Divye Kumar :
    8 years ago

    filled in 8 min

  10. Dhanalakshmi Garakap
    Dhanalakshmi Garakap :
    8 years ago

    E

  11. Prasad
    Prasad :
    8 years ago

    D

  12. Anmolsai
    Anmolsai :
    8 years ago

    filled in 8 minutes

  13. Rahul Jaiswal
    Rahul Jaiswal :
    8 years ago

    Emptied in 8 mintues.

  14. Avijit Das
    Avijit Das :
    8 years ago

    First tab fill water in 1 minute=1/16 of full tank
    Second tab empty water in 1 minute =1/8 of full tank
    so,tank will empty in 1 minute=(1/8-1/16)=1/16 of full tank
    so half full tank will be empty in =(1/2)/(1/16)=8 minute

  15. Aryansharma
    Aryansharma :
    8 years ago

    D

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