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A large reservoir can be filled by two pipes, A and B, in 20 minutes and 30 minutes respectively. If both pipes are opened simultaneously, after how much time should pipe A be closed so that the remaining part of the reservoir is filled in 6 minutes by pipe B alone?
Pipe A should be closed after 9.6 minutes.More Pipes and cisterns Questions
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