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A pump can fill a water tank in 4 hours but because of the leakage in the tank it took 4144\frac{1}{4} hours to fill the tank. How much time will it take for the leakage to drain all the water of the full tank?

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 4

The pump alone fills 14\frac14 of the tank per hour; with the leak the net rate is 417\frac{4}{17}. The leak empties 14−417=168\frac14-\frac4{17}=\frac{1}{68} of the tank per hour, so it takes 68 hours.

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