One pipe can fill a tank three times as fast as another pipe If together the two pipes can fill the ...........

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One pipe can fill a tank three times as fast as another pipe. If together the two pipes can fill the tank in 36 minutes, then the slower pipe alone will be able to fill the tank in

144 mins

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136 mins

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Explanation:

Let the slower pipe alone fill the tank in x minutes
then faster will fill in x/3 minutes.
Part filled by slower pipe in 1 minute = 1/x
Part filled by faster pipe in 1 minute = 3/x
Part filled by both in 1 minute =
1/x+3/x=1/36
=>4/x=1/36
x=36∗4=144mins