A Cistern has an inlet pipe and outlet pipe The inlet pipe fills the cistern completely in 1 hour 20...........

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A Cistern has an inlet pipe and outlet pipe. The inlet pipe fills the cistern completely in 1 hour 20 minutes when the outlet pipe is plugged. The outlet pipe empties the tank completely in 6 hours when the inlet pipe is plugged. If there is a leakage also which is capable of draining out the water from the tank at half of the rate of the outlet pipe, then what is the time taken to fill the empty tank when both the pipes are opened?

3 hours

2 hours

5 hours

4 hours

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Explanation:

Inlet pipe Efficiency = 100/(8/6) = 75%
Outlet pipe Efficiency = 100/(6) = 16.66%
Efficiency of leakage = half of the rate of the outlet pipe = 8.33%
Net Efficiency = 75 – (16.66 + 8.33) = 50%
Required time = 100/50 = 2 hours
Hence, option 2 is the correct answer.