Pipes and Cisterns (43 Questions)

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1. A water tank is th full. Pipe A can fill the tank in
5 9. Tap A can fill a water tank in 25 minutes, tap B
10 miniutes and the pipe B can empty it in 6
can fill the same tank in 40 minutes and tap C can
minutes. If both the pipes are open, how long will
empty the tank in 30 minutes. If all the three taps
it take to empty or fill the tank completely?
are opened together, in how many minutes will
the tank be completely filled up or emptied?
Ans: 6 min to empty.
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Ans: 31 minutes
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2. Pipe A fills the cistern in half an hour and pipe B
in 40 minutes, but owing to a crack in the bottom
10. A cistern can be filled by two pipes, A and B in
of the cistern it is found that pipe A now takes 40
12 minutes and 14 minutes repectively and can
minutes to fill the cistern. How long will B take
be emptied by a third pipe C in 8 minutes. If all
now to fill it and how long will the crack take to
the taps be turned on at the same moment, what
empty it?
part of the cistern will remain unfilled at the end
Ans: B fills in an hour and the leak empties in 2 hr
of 7 minutes.
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3. A tap can fill a cistern in 8 hours and another can Ans: minutes
empty it in 16 hours. If both the taps are opened 24
simultaneously, the time (in hours) to fill the tank
is: 11. A cistern has 3 pipes, A,B and C can fill it in 2
Ans: 16 and 3 hours repectively. C is a waste pipe. If all
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the 3 pipes be opened at once, of the cistern
4. A tap can fill a tank in 25 minutes and another 24
can empty it in 50 minutes. If the tank is already will be filled up in 30 minutes. In what time can C
falf full and both the taps are opened together, empty the full cistern?
the Ans: 4 hours.
Ans: tank is filled up in 25 minutes.
12. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 36 minutes
5. A pipe can empty a tank in 12 minutes and and 45 minutes respectively. There is also an
another pipe can empty it in 16 minutes. If both outlet C. If all the three pipes are opened
the pipes are opened simultaneously, find the together, the tank is full in 30 minutes. How
time in which a full tank is emptied. much time will be taken by C to empty the full
6 tank?
Ans:6 minutes Ans: 1 hour.
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13. In what time would a cistern be filled by three
6. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 30 minutes
pipes whose diameters are 1 cm, 2 cm, 3 cm,
and 15 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are
running together, when the largest alone fill it in
opened simultaneously, how much time will be
42 minutes, the amount of water flowing in by
taken to fill the tank?
each pipe being proportional to the square of its
Ans: 10 minutes.
diameter?
Ans: 27 minutes.
7. There is a leak in the bottom of a cistern. When
the cistern is thoroughly repaired, it would be
14. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 12 minutes
filled in 12 minutes. It now takes 18 minutes
and 16 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are
longer. If the cistern is full, how long would the
opened simultaneously, after how much time
leak take to empty the cistern?
should B be closed so that the tank is full in 9
Ans: 20 minutes.
minutes?
Ans: 4 min.
8. A cistern is normally filled in 8 hrs but takes 2 hrs
longer to fill because of a leak in its bottom. If the
15. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 20 minutes
cistern if full, the leak will empty it in:
and 25 minutes respectivley. Both are opened
Ans: 40 hrs
 together, but at the end of 5 minutes, B is turned Ans: 80 min, 240 min, 48 min
off. How much longer will the cistern take to fill?
Ans: 16 minutes. 23. Two pipes can separately fill a tank in 10 hrs and
15 hrs respectively. Both the pipes are opened to
16. A cistern can be filled by two pipes in 30 and 40 1
fill the tank but when the tank is full a leak
minutes respectively. Both the pipes were 6
opened at once, but after some time the first was 1
shut up, and the cistern was filled in 10 minutes develops in the tank through which of the
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more. How long after the pipes had been opened water supplied by both the pipes leak out.
was the first pipe shut up? What is the total time taken to fill the tank?
90 Ans: 6 hrs.
Ans: : minutes
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24. A cistern is normally filled in 4 hrs but takes 1 hr
17. Two pipes P and Q would fill a cistern in 12 and longer to fill because of a leak in its bottom. If the
16 minutes respectively. Both pipes being cistern is full, the leak will empty it in ____hr.
opened, find when the first pipe must be turned Ans: 20 hrs.
off so that the cistern may be just filled in 8
minutes. 25. If three pipes are opened together, a tank is
Ans: 6 minutes. filled in 6 hrs. one of the taps can fill it in 5 hrs
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18. If two pipes function simultaneously, the and another in 7 hrs. How does the third tap
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reservoir is filled in 9 hurs. One pipe fills the
work?
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reservoir 7 hours faster than the other. How Ans: 6 hours, waste pipe.
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many hours does the faster pipe take to fill the 1
reservoir? 26. Two pipes A and B can separately fill in 7and
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Ans: 15 hours
5 minutes respectively and a waste pipe C
19. Three pipes A, B and C can fill a cistern in 36 can carry off 14 litres per minute. If all the
minutes. After working together for 12 minutes, C pipes are opened when the cistern is full, it is
is closed and A and B fill the cistern in 48 emptied in 1 hour. How many litres does the
minutes. Then find the time in which the cistern cistern hold?
can be filled by pipe C. Ans: 40 litres.
Ans: 72 minutes
27. There are 10 filling pipes each capable of filling a
20. Three taps A, B and C can fill a cistern in 10, 15 cistern alone in 6 minutes and 6 emptying pipes
and 20 minutes respectively. They are all turned each capable of emptying a cistern alone in 8
on at once, but after 3 minutes C is turned off. minutes. All pipes are opened together and as a
How many minutes longer will A and B take to fill result, tank fills 22 litres of water per minute.
the cistern? Find the capacit of the tank.
Ans: 2 min 6 sec. Ans: 24 litres.

21. A pipe can fill a tank in 10 minutes and another 28. Two pipes can fill a cistern in 14 and 16 hours
pipe in 15 minutes, but a third pipe can empty it respectively. The pipes are opened
in 5 minutes. The first two pipes are kept open simultaneously and it is found that due to leakage
for 4 minutes in the beginning and then the third 8
in the bottom, hrs extra are taken for the
pipe is also opened. In what time is the cistern 15
emtied? cistern to be filled up. If the cistern is full, in
Ans: 20 minutes what time would the leak empty it?
Ans: 112 hrs.
22. Three pipes A, B and C are connected to a tank.
A and B together can fill the tank in 60 minutes, B 29. One filling pipe A is 3 times faster than second
and C together in 40 minutes and C and A filling pipe B. If B can fill a cistern in 16 hours,
together in 30 minutes. In how much time will then find the time when the cistern will be full if
each pipe fill the tank separately? both fill pipes are opened together.
 Ans: 4 hrs. 37. A cistern can be filled by two pipes filling
separately in 12 and 6 minutes respectively. Both
30. One filling pipe A is 4 times faster than second pipes are opened together for a certain time but
filling pipe B. if A can fill a cistern in 15 minutes, 7
being clogged only fo full quantity water
then find the time when the cistern will be full if 8
both fill pipes are opened together. 5
Ans: 12 minutes. flows through the former and only
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through the latter pipe. The obstrutions,
31. One fill pipe A is 3 times faster than second fill however, being suddently removed, the
pipe B and takes 24 minutes less than the fill pipe
cistern is filled in 3 minutes from that
B. when will the cistern be full if both fill pipes
moment. How long was it before the full flow
are opened together?
Ans: 9 min began?
Ans: 4.5 minutes.
32. One fill pipe A is 2 times slower than the second
fill pipe B and takes 9 minutes more time than 38. Three pipes A, B and C are attached to a cistern.
the fill pipe B. Find how much time will A take to A can fill it in 10 minutes and B in 15 minutes. C is
fill the cistern? a waste pipe for emptying it. After opening both
Ans: 6 minutes. the pipes A and B, a man leaves the cistern and
returns when the cistern should have been just
33. 8 taps are fitted to a water tank. Some of them full. Finding, however, that the waster pipe had
are water taps to fill the tank and the remaining been left open, he closes it and the cistern now
are outlet taps used to empty the tank. Each gets filled in 2 minutes. In howmuch time the
water tap can fill the tank in 12 hours and each pipe C, if opened alone, empty the full cistern.
outlet tap can empty it in 36 hours. On opening Ans: 18 minutes.
all the taps, the tank is filled in 3 hours. Find the
number of water taps. 39. A pipe A can fill a tank in 12 hours. Due to
Ans: 5 development of a whole in the bottom of the
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tank rd of the water filled by the pipe A
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34. One fill pipe A takes 4 minutes more to fill leaks out. Find the time when the tank will be
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the cistern than two fill pipes A and B opened full.
together to fill it. Second fill pipe B takes 8 Ans: 18 hours
minutes more to fill cistern than two fill pipes
40. Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 12
A and B opened together to fill it. When will
minutes, 16 minutes and 24 minutes respectively.
the cistern be full if both pipes are opened The pipe C is closed in 3 minutes before the tank
simultaneously? is filled. In what time will the tank be full?
Ans: 6 minutes Ans: 6 minutes.

35. Two fill pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 12 and 41. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 15 hours and
16 minutes respectivley. Both fill pipes are 20 hours respectively while a third pipe C can
opened together, but 4 minutes before the empty the full tank in 25 hours. All the three
cistern is full, one pipe A is closed. How much pipes are opened in the beginning. After 10 hours
time will the cistern take to fill. C is closed. Find, in how much time will the tank
1 be full?
Ans: 9 minutes.
7 Ans: 12 hours

36. Two fill pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 45 and 42. Three pipes A, B and C can fill a cistern in 10
40 minutes respectivley. They startedto fill a hours, 12 hours and 15 hours respectively. First A
cistern together but fill tap A is turned off after was opened. After 1 hour, B was opened and
few minutes and fill tap B fills the rest part of after 2 hours from the start of A, C was also
cistern in 23 minutes. After how many minutes, opened. Find the time in which the cistern is just
was tap A turned off? full.
Ans: 9 minutes. Ans: 4 hrs 52 min.
43. A, B, C are pipes attached to a cistern. A and B
can fill it in 20 and 30 minutes respectively, while
C can empty it in 15 minutes. If A, B, C be kept
open successivley for 1 minute each, how soon
will the cistern be filled?
Ans: 167 min.