Question

1. Solve the following questions:
a) A water pump takes 6 hours to fill 4350 litres of water in a tank.
How much water would it fill in a day?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Let Volume of Tank be V

pipe A can fill the tank

6

V

in 1 Hour

pipe B can fill the tank

8

V

in 1 Hour

Let us assume that C can fill the tank

C

V

in 1 Hour

and we need to fill the tank

2

V

in 1 Hour as we have to fill the complete tank in 2 Hrs

⇒

6

V

+

8

V

+

C

V

=

2

V

⇒

6

1

+

8

1

+

C

1

=

2

1

solving we get C=

5

24

hrs

Rate of Pumping is

5

24

V

Time to fill the Tank when C is used alone=

5

24

=4.8hrs