A pipe can fill a tank in 6 hours. Due to a leak in its bottom, it is filled in 7 hours. If the tank is full, then the time it will take to empty it because of the leak is:
A pipe can fill a tank in 6 hours. Due to a leak in its bottom, it is filled in 7 hours. If the tank is full, then the time it will take to empty it because of the leak is:
Solution
✅ Correct Option: 4
The filling rate is of the tank per hour and the net rate with the leak is . So the leak empties at per hour, and a full tank drains in 42 hours.