A large tanker can be filled by two pipes A and B in 60 and 40 minutes respectively. How many minutes will it take to fill the tanker from empty state if B is used for half the time and A and B fill it together for the other half?
A large tanker can be filled by two pipes A and B in 60 and 40 minutes respectively. How many minutes will it take to fill the tanker from empty state if B is used for half the time and A and B fill it together for the other half?
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30mins
Let the total time taken to fill the tank be x minutes.
Then, work done by B in half hour + work done by (A+B) in half hour =1.
(
40
1
×
2
x
)+(
60
1
+
40
1
)×
2
x
=1
⇒
80
x
+
48
x
=1
⇒
240
3x+5x
=1
⇒8x=240
⇒x=30 min