View all: UCBL BANK (TO) | WRITTEN QUESTION (MATH) SOLVE | 2014
Correct Answer: ans: 3,600 litters.
Explanation:
Let, the capacity of the cistern be x liters
The pipe can fill in 1 minute = 4 liters
The pipe can fill in 60 minute = 4 x 60 = 240 liters
Time to fill the whole cistern = $\frac{x}{240}$hrs.
so in $\frac{x}{240}$ hrs the pipe can fill = 1 cistern
In $\frac{x}{240}$ hrs the pipe can fill = $\frac{x}{240}$ part of the cistern
Again, the leak can empty in 1 hrs. $\frac{1}{6}$ part of the cistern.
And now, in 1 hr. they can empty $\frac{1}{10}$ part of the cistern
So we can from the following equation
=> $\frac{1}{6}$ – $\frac{1}{10}$ = $\frac{240}{x}$
=> $\frac{10-6 }{10\times 6}$ = $\frac{240}{x}$
=> 4x =240 x 60
=> x = $\frac{240\times 60}{4}$
x = 3600