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An inlet pipe can fill a tank in 8 hours, whereas an outlet pipe can empty the same tank in 16 hours. Find the time taken by three such inlet pipes and two such outlet pipes to fill the tank completely if all the pipes are opened together.
Required time = 16/(6-2) = 16/4 = 4 hoursMore Pipes and cisterns Questions
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