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A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours. Because of a leak, it took $2\frac{1}{3}$ hours to fill the tank. In how many hours can the leak drain all the water from the tank?

8 hours

14 hours

10 hours

16 hours

✅ Correct Option: 2

Pump rate $=\frac{1}{2}$ tank/hour; with the leak the net rate is $\frac{1}{7/3} = \frac{3}{7}$ .

Leak rate $=\frac{1}{2}-\frac{3}{7} = \frac{1}{14}$ tank per hour, so the leak empties a full tank in 14 hours.

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2025: 15 May Shift 2

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Match List-I with List-II

List-I	List-II
(A) If an inlet pipe can fill a tank in $x$ hours, but due to a leakage in the bottom it is filled in $y$ hours, then time (in hours) taken to empty the tank due to leakage	(I) $\dfrac{yz+zx-xy}{xyz}$
(B) If two inlet pipes take $x$ & $y$ hours respectively to fill the tank and the third outlet pipe takes $z$ hours to empty the tank. If all three of them are opened together, then the net part of the tank filled in 1 hour	(II) $\dfrac{1}{x}$
(C) If a pipe can fill the tank completely in $x$ hours, then the part of the tank filled in 1 hour	(III) $\dfrac{xy}{y-x}$
(D) If two inlet pipes can fill a tank in $x$ & $y$ hours. If both pipes are opened at the same time, then net part of the tank filled in 1 hour	(IV) $\dfrac{x+y}{xy}$

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours. Because of a leak, it took 2132\frac{1}{3}231​ hours to fill the tank. In how many hours can the leak drain all the water from the tank?

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A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours. Because of a leak, it took $2\frac{1}{3}$ hours to fill the tank. In how many hours can the leak drain all the water from the tank?