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A boy and a girl together fill a cistern with water. The boy pours 4 liters of water every 3 minutes and girl pours 3 litres every 4 minutes. How much time will it take to fill 100 litres of water in the cistern?

A. 36 minute

B. 42 minutes

C. 48 minutes

D. 44 minutes

Answer: Option C

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Water filled by (boy + girl) in one minute,
$$\eqalign{ & \frac{4}{3} + \frac{3}{4} = \frac{{16 + 9}}{{12}} \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, = \frac{{25}}{{12}}\,{\text{liter}} \cr} $$
Hence, time taken to fill 100 liter,
$${\text{ = 100}} \times \frac{{12}}{{25}} = 48\,{\text{minutes}}$$

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Comments ( 2 )

  1. The Garden
    The Garden :
    5 years ago

    Thanks

  2. Aniket Parab
    Aniket Parab :
    7 years ago

    how they could say that water filled by (B+G) in ONE minute is 4/3+3/4 as 4/3 or 3/4 both are in lit/min?

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