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there ia pump to draw water into a tank

the pump can fill the tank in 2 hours

but due to a slight leakage it takes 20 minutes more

calculate time the leakage will take to completely empty the tank.

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Solution

Total time needed to fill the tank entirely, when leakage is not present = 2 hrsSo, amount of tank filled in 1 hour, when leakage is not present = 12Let the time taken by leakage to empty the entire tank = x hrsSo amount of tank emptied in 1 hour = 1xNow, amount of tank filled in 1 hour when the leakage is also present = 12 - 1x = x-22xSo, we can say that,time taken to fill x-22x portion of the tank = 1 hourhence, time taken to fill the entire tank, when leakage is present = 1x-22x hour = 2xx-2 hourNow, it is given that, when the leakage is present, then it takes 20 minutes more than time taken to fill the tank when leakage is not present.Hence, according to question 2xx-2hour = 2 hours + 20 minutes 2xx-2 = 2 + 2060 as, 1 min = 160 hr 2xx-2 = 2 + 13 2xx-2 = 737x - 2 = 3×2x7x - 14 = 6x7x - 6x = 14x = 14So, time taken by the leakage to empty the entire tank = 14 hours


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