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two taps A and B can fill a water tank in 9 minutes and 12 minutes. In what time the tank will be full, if B starts working 2 minutes after A starts working?

2007-09-14 09:36:59 · 1 answers · asked by swarnalatha v 1 in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

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A fills 1/9 per minutes while B fills 1/12 per minute

A starts - after 2 minutes there is 7/9 empty
after, the fill at 1/9 + 1/12 = 4/36 + 3/36 = 7/36 per minute

Thus it takes 7/9 divided by 7/36 = 7/9 * 36/7 = 36/9 = 4 minutes

so 6 minutes in all.

2007-09-14 10:09:33 · answer #1 · answered by Beardo 7 · 0 0

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