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An electric pump can fill a tank in 5 hours. Due to a leakage in the tank. it takes 7127\frac{1}{2}721​​ hours to fill the tank. How much time will thi
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An electric pump can fill a tank in 5 hours. Due to a leakage in the tank. it takes 7127\frac{1}{2}​ hours to fill the tank. How much time will this leak take to empty the full tank if water does not get in or out of the tank through any other point during this period?

A.

20 hours

B.

30 hours

C.

25 hours

D.

15 hours

Correct option is D

Given:

Time taken by electric pump to fill the tank = 5 hours

Time taken to fill the tank with the leakage = 712 7\frac{1}{2}​hours

Formula Used:

Let total work to fill the tank be 1.

Then work done by a pipe in 1 hour =1Total time to fill=\frac{1}{Total\ time\ to\ fill}​​

Solution:

Work done  by electric pump in 1 hour will be Total WorkTotal time =15\frac{Total\ Work}{Total\ time\ } =\frac{1}{5}​​

Work done  by both pump and leakage working together in 1 hour will be Total WorkTotal time=1152=215\frac{Total\ Work}{Total\ time} = \frac{1}{\frac{15}{2}} = \frac{2}{15}​​

Then work done by leakage in one hour = 21515=2315 \frac{2}{15} - \frac{1}{5} = \frac{2-3}{15}​​

=115 = - \frac{1}{15}​​

Minus sign indicates flow out of tank

Hence time taken by leakage to empty the tank =1115=15 hours=\frac{1}{\frac{1}{15}} = 15 \ hours​​

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