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Two pipes G and H can fill a cistern in 40 minutes and 50 minutes respectively. If both are opened together, after how many minutes should pipe G be shut off so that pipe H alone can finish filling the cistern in 5 minutes?
Pipe G should be closed after 20 minutes.More Pipes and cisterns Questions
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