Question

two pipes running together can fill a tank in 11 1/9 minutes if one pipe take 5 minutes more than the other find the time in which each pipe alone would fill the tank​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

11,1/9= 100/9

total time = tA+tB

100/9=x+5+x

100/9-5=2x

55/9=2x

x=55/18

tB=3.05

tA=8.05

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the time taken by one pipe be x.

Then time taken by another pipe will be x + 5

According to question,

x + x + 5 = 100/9

2x = 55/9

x = 55/18

x = 3 11/18 minutes

Pipe 1 takes 3 and 1/18 minutes

while pipe 2 takes 8 and 1/18 minutes.