Continuous filling and filling

Algebra Level 3

A tap 'A' fills a tank of volume 'V' in 20 minutes and another tap 'B' fills tank in 30 minutes.A hole can drain water from tank in 50 minutes.If all of them are working simultaneously,then how long will it take to fill the tank?

16 minutes(approx) 20 minutes(approx) 23 minutes(approx) 13 minutes(approx)

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Okay, so we must determine the rate of accumulation of water in the tank. For this, we must find the flow rates of both taps, as well as the flow rate of the drain:

Tap A: f r A = V 20 fr_{A} = \frac{V}{20}

Tap B: f r B = V 30 fr_{B} = \frac{V}{30}

Drain: f r D r = V 50 fr_{Dr} = -\frac{V}{50} (Here the minus sign indicates that water is being taken from the system.)

The rate of accumulation of water will then be the sum of the flow rates:

f r g l o b a l = f r A + f r B + f r D r = V 20 + V 30 V 50 = 19 V 300 fr_{global} = fr_{A} + fr_{B} + fr_{Dr} = \frac{V}{20} + \frac{V}{30} - \frac{V}{50} = \frac{19V}{300} .

Thus, the rate of accumulation is 19 V 300 \frac{19V}{300} ; since it must equal the volume of the tank divided by the time taken to fill it, then we have:

V t = 19 V 300 t = 300 19 15.79 m i n \frac{V}{t} = \frac{19V}{300} \rightarrow t = \frac{300}{19} \approx 15.79 min

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