Pipe A fills a tank at the rate of 100lit min Pipe B fills at the rate of 25 lit min pipe C drains a...........

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Pipe A fills a tank at the rate of 100lit/min, Pipe B fills at the rate of 25 lit/min, pipe C drains at the rate of 50 lit/min. The three pipes are kept open for one minute each, one after the other. If the capacity of the tank is 7000 liters, how long will it take to fill the tank if

i) A is kept open first, followed by B and then C.

ii) B first, followed by A, and then C.

iii) B first, followed by C, and then A.

279.25 mins, 280 mins and 280 mins

280 mins, 280 mins and 279.25 mins

279 mins, 280 mins and 279.25 mins

277 mins, 277 mins 45 sec and 279 mins

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Explanation:

A is kept open first, followed by B and then C
Each cycle of 3 minutes, 75 liters get filled. 100 + 25 - 50. So, after 3 minutes the tank would have 75 liters
6 mins - 150 liters
9 mins - 225 liters
30 mins - 750 liters
270 mins - 6750 liters
273 mins - 6825 liters
276 mins - 6900 liters
Now, A will be open, A can fill 100 liters in a minute.
277 mins - 7000 liters
So, it would take 277 mins to fill the tank.
The most important thing in these type of questions is to think in terms of cycles till we reach close to the required target and then think in simple steps.

B first, followed by A, and then C
Each cycle of 3 minutes, 75 liters get filled. 25 + 100 - 50. So, after 3 minutes the tank would have 75 liters.
6 mins - 150 liters
9 mins - 225 liters
30 mins - 750 liters
270 mins - 6750 liters
273 mins - 6825 liters
276 mins - 6900 liters
Now, B will be open, B can fill 25 liters in a minute.
277 mins - 6925 liters
Now, A will be open, A can fill 100 liters in a minute. Therefore, A can fill 75 liters in 45 seconds.
277 mins 45 sec - 7000 liters
So, it would take 277 mins 45 sec .

B first, followed by C, and then A
In this case also, Each cycle of 3 minutes, 75 liters get filled. 25 -50 + 100. But there is a small catch here. In the first set of 3 minutes, we would fill up to about 100 liters. After 1 minute, we would be at 25 liters, after 2 minutes, we would be at 0 liters and in the third minute, the tank would be 100 liters full.
6 mins - 175 liters
9 mins - 250 liters
30 mins - 775 liters
270 mins - 6775 liters
273 mins - 6850 liters
276 mins - 6925 liters
Now, B will be open, B can fill 25 liters in a minute.
277 mins - 6950 liters
Now, C will be open, C will drain 50 liters in a minute.
278 mins - 6900 liters
Now, A will be open, A can fill 100 liters in a minute.
279 mins - 7000 liters
So, it would take 279 mins to fill the tank.
The most important thing in these type of questions is to think in terms of cycles till we reach close to the required target and then think in simple steps.
Hence, the answer is "277 mins, 277 mins 45 sec and 279 mins".