Pipes and Cisterns Practice Test 2 with solutions

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Due to a hole at the bottom of a bucket, it takes 5 minutes to fill the bucket, but due to the hole it takes 1 more minute. Find the time taken by the hole to empty the full bucket?

20 minutes
30 minutes
15 minutes
10 minutes
35 minutes

Validate

Solution:

Let the hole takes x minutes to empty the full bucket.

1/x

1/5 - 1/6

1/x

{6-5}/{30}

1/{30}

So, it takes 30 minutes to empty the full bucket.

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