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A cistern can be filled by two pipes in `33(1)/(3)` minutes, if the larger pipe takes 15 minutes less tha the smaller to fill the cistern, find in what time it will be filled by each pipe separately.

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Time taken by the smaller pipe = 75 min
Time taken by the larger pipe = 60 min
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