a milk tank takes two hours to fill it entirely. due to leakage problem it takes 20 minutes more. the plant supervisor wants to know , how much time the leakage would take to empty the tank? and plz.refer me a link.plz......... Share with your friends Share 1 Manbar Singh answered this Total time needed to fill the tank entirely, when leakage is not present = 2 hrsSo, amount of tank filled in 1 hour, when leakage is not present = 12Let the time taken by leakage to empty the entire tank = x hrsSo amount of tank emptied in 1 hour = 1xNow, amount of tank filled in 1 hour when the leakage is also present = 12 - 1x = x-22xSo, we can say that,time taken to fill x-22x portion of the tank = 1 hourhence, time taken to fill the entire tank, when leakage is present = 1x-22x hour = 2xx-2 hourNow, it is given that, when the leakage is present, then it takes 20 minutes more than time taken to fill the tank when leakage is not present.Hence, according to question 2xx-2hour = 2 hours + 20 minutes⇒ 2xx-2 = 2 + 2060 as, 1 min = 160 hr⇒ 2xx-2 = 2 + 13⇒ 2xx-2 = 73⇒7x - 2 = 3×2x⇒7x - 14 = 6x⇒7x - 6x = 14⇒x = 14So, time taken by the leakage to empty the entire tank = 14 hours 5 View Full Answer Sudeshna Panigrahi answered this plz dont refer a link........... 1
