A pump can fill a tank in 2 hours. Due to aleak
empty the full tank in
mours. Due to a leak in the tank it takes 24 hours to til the tank. The leak tank empty the full tank in :
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The pump can fill the tank in 2 hour. But, because of the leak, it took
2
2
3
hours to fill the tank.
i.e., the additional water filled by the pump in
2
3
hour is emptied by the leak in
2
2
3
=
8
3
hours.
Therefore, the water filled by pump in 2 bour can be emptied by the leak in
8
3
×
3
=
8
hours.
i.e., The leak can drain all the water of the tank in
8
hours.
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