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In what time would a cistern be filled by three pipes whose diameters are 1 cm,`1 1/3` cm and 2 an running together, when the largest alone will fill it in 61 minutes, the amount of water flowing in by each pipe, being proportional to the square of its diameter? `25\ m inu t e s` b. `30\ m inu t e s` c. `36\ m inu t e s` d. `40\ m inu t e s`

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