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Time and Work · UPSC CDS/OTA · Question 41 of 105

Time and Work: A pipe can fill a tank in x hours and another can empty it in y hours. If the tank is 1/3rd full then the number of hours in which they will together fill it in is

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Time and Work
Subject
Mathematics
Difficulty
Medium
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A pipe can fill a tank in x hours and another can empty it in y hours. If the tank is 1/3rd full then the number of hours in which they will together fill it in is

TopicTime and Work
Question Typemultiple choice
DifficultyMedium
Marking+1 / −0.25
Test Duration30 min

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