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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 16\frac16 of the tank per hour and the net rate with the leak is 17\frac17. So the leak empties at 16−17=142\frac16-\frac17=\frac{1}{42} per hour, and a full tank drains in 42 hours.

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