Question is attached. Please help me in this Time and work problem. Please don't spam. The question is as follows Two pipes P and Q would fill an empty cistern in 24 minutes and 32 minutes respectively. Both opened together,when must the 1st tap be turned off so that the empty cistern is filled in 16 minutes.
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after 12 minutes.
Step-by-step explanation:
lcm of 24,32= 96
capacity of P =96/24 = 4 parts in a minute
capacity of Q= 96/32 =3
16*3= 48 parts are going to be fill by pipe q
96-48=48 parts will be filled
48/4 =12 minutes
tap p should be close after 12 minutes
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