1. A leak in the bottom of a tank can empty the full tank in 6 hours. An inlet pipe fills water at the rate of 4 litres a minute. When the tank is full, the inlet is opened and due to the leak the tank is empty in 8 hours. Find the capacity of the tank.





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  • By: anil on 05 May 2019 01.51 am
    Part of tank filled by inlet pipe in 1 hour = $$frac{1}{6}-frac{1}{8}$$ = $$frac{4-3}{24}$$ = $$frac{1}{24}$$ Hence, if there is no leak, the inlet pipe will fill the tank in 24 hours => Capacity of the tank = 24*60*4 = 5760 litres
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