Pipe A can fill a tank at the rate of 35 gallons in 10 minutes. Pipe A will fill a tank that is x/3rds empty in 12 minutes. What is the capacity of the tank?

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Asked: March 4, 20222022-03-04T08:23:35+05:30 2022-03-04T08:23:35+05:30

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Pipe A can fill a tank at the rate of 35 gallons in 10 minutes. Pipe A will fill a tank that is x/3rds empty in 12 minutes. What is the capacity of the tank?

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Bhanu Chaudhary · Answer 1 · 2022-03-04T08:24:11+05:30

Correct Answer: 63 gallons

Pipe A fills at the rate of 35 gallons per 10 minutes = 3.5 gallons per minute.

Pipe A is kept open for 12 minutes. So, the water discharged in as min. = 12×3.5=42gallons

When pipe A was opened the tank was 2/3rd empty.

Therefore, 42 gallons = 2/3rd the total capacity of the tank.

Hence, the capacity of the tank = 3/2×42=63gallons