Home
Class 8
MATHS
A pump can fill a tank in 2 hours. Due t...

A pump can fill a tank in 2 hours. Due to a leak in the tank it takes `2 1/3` hours to fill the tank. The leak can empty the full tank in

A

7 hours

B

14 hours

C

8 hours

D

3 hours

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
B
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • TIME AND WORK

    RS AGGARWAL|Exercise TEST PAPER -13 ( Fill in the blanks )|4 Videos

  • TIME AND WORK

    RS AGGARWAL|Exercise EXERCISE 13B|17 Videos

  • THREE - DIMENSIONAL FIGURES

    RS AGGARWAL|Exercise EXERCISE 19 B|5 Videos

  • VOLUME AND SURFACE AREA OF SOLIDS

    RS AGGARWAL|Exercise TEST PAPER -20|16 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

An electric pump can fill a tank in 3 hours because of a leak in the tank it took 3(1)/(2) hours to fill the tank if the tank is full,how much time will the leak take to empty it?

A can fill a tank in 9 hours. Because of a leak, it takes 10 hours to fill. In how much time will the leak alone empty the full tank?

A tank can be filled in 9 hours. Because of a leak, it takes 10 hours to fill. In how much time will the leak alone empty the full tank ?

A pump can fill a tank with water in 3 hours .Because of a leak it took 3(1)/(2) hours to fill tank .In how many hours can the leak alone drain all the water of the tank when it is full ?