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Two pipes can fill a tank in 20 and 24 minutes respectively and a waste pipe can empty 3 gallons per minute. All the three pipes working together can fill the tank in 15 minutes. The capacity of the tank is `60\ ga l lon s` b. `100\ ga l lon s` c. `120\ ga l lon s` d. `180\ ga l lon s`

A

180

B

150

C

120

D

60

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120 gallons
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